Bilston Primary School, BILSTON
Bilston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bilston.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bilston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bilston 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.
Bilston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 242 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 17.7 pupils per teacher.
41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 11.8% 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 good (A); the school was 100% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bilston Primary School are Roslin Primary School (1 mile), Paradykes Primary School (1.3 miles), Loanhead Primary School (1.5 miles) and Frogston Primary School (2.2 miles).
Roslin Primary SchoolParadykes Primary SchoolLoanhead Primary SchoolFrogston Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bilston Primary School.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moorfoot View (at), 340 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 Bilston Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Bilston Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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.
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Questions parents ask about Bilston Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bilston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bilston 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bilston Primary School?
If you live in Bilston Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bilston Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bilston Primary School?
Bilston Primary School is at Park Avenue, BILSTON, BILSTON, EH25 9SD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)