Broomlands Primary School, Kelso
Broomlands Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kelso.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Broomlands Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Broomlands 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.
Broomlands Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 282 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 20.1 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95% in 2024/25, and 10.9% 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 77% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Broomlands Primary School are Edenside Primary School (0.5 miles), Sprouston Primary School (1.4 miles) and Ednam Primary School (1.5 miles).
Edenside Primary SchoolSprouston Primary SchoolEdnam Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Broomlands Primary School.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broomlands School (opposite), 400 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 Broomlands Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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.
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Questions parents ask about Broomlands Primary School
What is the catchment area for Broomlands Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Broomlands 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 Broomlands Primary School?
If you live in Broomlands 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 Broomlands Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Broomlands Primary School?
Broomlands Primary School is at Ednam Road, Kelso, Kelso, TD5 7SW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)