Burnbrae Primary School, Bonnyrigg
Burnbrae Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bonnyrigg.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Burnbrae Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Burnbrae 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.
Burnbrae Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 423 pupils, an average class size of 21.1 and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
11% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.2% in 2024/25, and 13.8% 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 79% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Burnbrae Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (0.4 miles), Bonnyrigg Primary School (0.5 miles), Hawthornden Primary School (0.6 miles) and Lasswade Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Mary's Primary SchoolBonnyrigg Primary SchoolHawthornden Primary SchoolLasswade Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Eskbank Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burnbrae Primary (opposite), 90 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 Burnbrae 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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Burnbrae Primary School
What is the catchment area for Burnbrae Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Burnbrae 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 Burnbrae Primary School?
If you live in Burnbrae 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 Burnbrae 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, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Burnbrae Primary School?
Burnbrae Primary School is at 144 Burnbrae Road, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg, EH19 3GB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)