What did Education Scotland judge Dalziel High School's quality indicator to be?

Education Scotland judged Dalziel High School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in October 2018, on Education Scotland's own scale.

How many pupils attend Dalziel High School?

Dalziel High School has 1,003 pupils on roll.

Where is Dalziel High School located?

Dalziel High School is located in ML1 3AG, North Lanarkshire.

How do I apply to Dalziel High School?

In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Dalziel High School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to North Lanarkshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.

How are S1 places decided at Dalziel High School?

When Dalziel High School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. (a) Catchment, waiting list and hearing-impairment unit — children who live in the catchment area, including any who previously could not be accommodated in the school and are on the waiting list, and children with a hearing impairment who have been allocated places in the integrated special unit at the school; 2. (b) Outwith catchment, within North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the catchment area but within the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school; 3. (c) Outwith North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school. Tie-break: Ballot. Where the attendance of older siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, legally no distinction will be made between siblings residing within or outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area. When considering requests where attendance of siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, consideration will be given to the number of siblings in attendance and their stage of education.

What is the largest ethnic background at Dalziel High School?

According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 79.8% of pupils at Dalziel High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Dalziel High School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (S1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1(a) Catchment, waiting list and hearing-impairment unit — children who live in the catchment area, including any who previously could not be accommodated in the school and are on the waiting list, and children with a hearing impairment who have been allocated places in the integrated special unit at the school
2(b) Outwith catchment, within North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the catchment area but within the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school
3(c) Outwith North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school

If two applications tie: Ballot. Where the attendance of older siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, legally no distinction will be made between siblings residing within or outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area. When considering requests where attendance of siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, consideration will be given to the number of siblings in attendance and their stage of education.

Dalziel High School, Motherwell, has three cluster primaries (Ladywell, Glencairn, Knowetop); the December 1996 delineation removed direct progression from feeder primaries. Planning capacity for placing requests is 80% of the 1,207 functional capacity = 965. The Council may by Chief Officer approval disapply the admission criteria and place a child directly in a particular school in exceptional circumstances such as child protection. A pupil at a primary school by placing request must make a further placing request for its associated secondary. Condorrat Primary hosts a Primary Gaelic Medium Education Unit (applications direct to the school) with GME continuing at Greenfaulds High School. Planning capacity for placing requests at secondary schools is 75% of functional capacity (80% at Dalziel High). A statutory consultation on an amended admissions policy (proposed ranked priorities: specialist request, then baptism at denominational schools or older siblings, within catchment / North Lanarkshire / outwith bands) closed on 21 August 2026; the amended policy was not yet adopted for this round.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Dalziel High School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Dalziel High School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Dalziel High School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in October 2018, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Dalziel High School?: Dalziel High School has 1,003 pupils on roll.
Where is Dalziel High School located?: Dalziel High School is located in ML1 3AG, North Lanarkshire.
How do I apply to Dalziel High School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Dalziel High School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to North Lanarkshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are S1 places decided at Dalziel High School?: When Dalziel High School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. (a) Catchment, waiting list and hearing-impairment unit — children who live in the catchment area, including any who previously could not be accommodated in the school and are on the waiting list, and children with a hearing impairment who have been allocated places in the integrated special unit at the school; 2. (b) Outwith catchment, within North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the catchment area but within the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school; 3. (c) Outwith North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school. Tie-break: Ballot. Where the attendance of older siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, legally no distinction will be made between siblings residing within or outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area. When considering requests where attendance of siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, consideration will be given to the number of siblings in attendance and their stage of education.
What is the largest ethnic background at Dalziel High School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 79.8% of pupils at Dalziel High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Dalziel High School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (S1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1(a) Catchment, waiting list and hearing-impairment unit — children who live in the catchment area, including any who previously could not be accommodated in the school and are on the waiting list, and children with a hearing impairment who have been allocated places in the integrated special unit at the school
2(b) Outwith catchment, within North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the catchment area but within the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school
3(c) Outwith North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school

Dalziel High School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Dalziel High School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Dalziel High School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in October 2018, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Dalziel High School?: Dalziel High School has 1,003 pupils on roll.
Where is Dalziel High School located?: Dalziel High School is located in ML1 3AG, North Lanarkshire.
How do I apply to Dalziel High School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Dalziel High School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to North Lanarkshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are S1 places decided at Dalziel High School?: When Dalziel High School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. (a) Catchment, waiting list and hearing-impairment unit — children who live in the catchment area, including any who previously could not be accommodated in the school and are on the waiting list, and children with a hearing impairment who have been allocated places in the integrated special unit at the school; 2. (b) Outwith catchment, within North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the catchment area but within the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school; 3. (c) Outwith North Lanarkshire — children who live outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area in accordance with the following priorities: 1. children with relevant medical conditions with supporting reasoned evidence provided by the family doctor and the community medicine specialist that it is in the interest of the child's health to attend the school; 2. children affected by other relevant factors, including but not restricted to, the curricular provision on offer, proximity to a parent's place of work, access to childcare arrangements, travel distance from home to school. Tie-break: Ballot. Where the attendance of older siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, legally no distinction will be made between siblings residing within or outwith the North Lanarkshire Council area. When considering requests where attendance of siblings is argued to be a relevant factor, consideration will be given to the number of siblings in attendance and their stage of education.
What is the largest ethnic background at Dalziel High School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 79.8% of pupils at Dalziel High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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