Balgreen Primary School, Edinburgh

Balgreen 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 330 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.

29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 65% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 45% speak English as an additional language.

3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 19.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 79% full.

In its own words: "Balgreen Primary School sits in the heart of the local community. Our catchment draws families from diverse demographic backgrounds providing a vibrant and unique ethos of which we are proud. Our building is of traditional design and forms a rectangle, in the centre of which there is a large garden area. Our school also benefits from a secure woodland area."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to Balgreen Primary School are Roseburn Primary School (0.6 miles), St Cuthbert's RC Primary School (0.6 miles), Stenhouse Primary School (0.7 miles) and Craiglockhart Primary School (0.9 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Balgreen (Edinburgh Trams), about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Balgreen Primary School (opposite), 80 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to Balgreen Primary School are Tynecastle High School (0.7 miles), Boroughmuir High School (1.3 miles), St Augustine's High School (1.6 miles) and Firrhill High School (1.6 miles).