Burgh Primary School, Galashiels
Burgh Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Galashiels.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Burgh Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Burgh 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.
Burgh Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 179 pupils, an average class size of 19.9 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 24.6% 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 89% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Burgh Primary School are St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels) (0.2 miles), Balmoral Primary School (0.4 miles), Glendinning Terrace Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)Balmoral Primary SchoolGlendinning Terrace Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Galashiels Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Iceland Galashiels (at), 150 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 Burgh Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
4 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 Burgh Primary School
What is the catchment area for Burgh Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Burgh 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 Burgh Primary School?
If you live in Burgh 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 Burgh Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 4 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 Burgh Primary School?
Burgh Primary School is at Gala Park Road, Galashiels, Galashiels, TD1 1EZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)