As my son is now in P6, he needs to go up to secondary school in September. This is not as simple a process as in the UK. Before Christmas the primary school will give out a triplicate form issued by the EDB on which you choose first and second choice secondary schools. You should choose with reference to your child's banding (the primary school will have told you about this) and conduct, as each school's admissions criteria places different weighting on exam results and conduct, as well as an interview. This form, plus a copy of exam results and other achievement certificates has to be handed to the chosen school by the end of January. In March, the interviews will take place (again, the primary schoolwill have prepped the students on this), and then there is a second stage called central allocation, which takes place in April. I'll provide more details nearer the time when I've gone through it myself