Bonaly Primary School, EDINBURGH

Bonaly 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.

Bonaly Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 367 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.4 pupils per teacher.

0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 97.1% in 2024/25, and 3.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

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

In its own words: "In June 2025, Councillor James Dalgleish, Education, Children and Families Convener said: “We are committed to tackling poverty and inequality in our schools and it is clear that the cost of school uniform items has, for some, created a barrier to school education."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bonaly Primary School are Clovenstone Primary School (1 mile), Colinton Primary School (1 mile), Juniper Green Primary School (1.2 miles) and Oxgangs Primary School (1.3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Kingsknowe Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bonaly Terminus (at), 230 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to Bonaly Primary School are Merchiston Castle School (0.9 miles), Firrhill High School (1.4 miles) and Wester Hailes High School (1.8 miles).