Ancrum Primary School, Roxburghshire
Ancrum Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Roxburghshire.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ancrum Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ancrum Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 27 pupils, an average class size of 13.5 and 7.7 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 34% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ancrum Primary School are St Boswells Primary School (4.5 miles), Denholm Primary School (5.3 miles) and Newtown Primary School (5.6 miles).
St Boswells Primary SchoolDenholm Primary SchoolNewtown Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ancrum Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North Myrescroft (at), 220 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Ancrum Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Social & online
Keep up with Ancrum Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about Ancrum Primary School
What is the catchment area for Ancrum Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ancrum Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ancrum Primary School?
If you live in Ancrum Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Ancrum Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ancrum Primary School?
Ancrum Primary School is at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Roxburghshire, TD8 6XA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)