Clovenstone Primary School, Edinburgh
Clovenstone Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Clovenstone Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Clovenstone 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.
Clovenstone Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 216 pupils, an average class size of 18 and 11.8 pupils per teacher.
51% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 31% speak English as an additional language.
67% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 32.4% 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 50% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Clovenstone Primary School are Canal View Primary School (0.5 miles), Juniper Green Primary School (0.5 miles), Longstone Primary School (0.9 miles) and Murrayburn Primary School (0.9 miles).
Canal View Primary SchoolJuniper Green Primary SchoolLongstone Primary SchoolMurrayburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wester Hailes Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clovenstone Park (near), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Clovenstone Primary School are Merchiston Castle School (0.8 miles), Wester Hailes High School (0.9 miles), Firrhill High School (1.4 miles) and Forrester High School (1.5 miles).
Merchiston Castle SchoolWester Hailes High SchoolFirrhill High SchoolForrester High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clovenstone Primary School in April 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
5 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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 Clovenstone Primary School
When was Clovenstone Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clovenstone Primary School in April 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Clovenstone Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Clovenstone 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Clovenstone Primary School?
If you live in Clovenstone Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Clovenstone Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 5 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Clovenstone Primary School?
Clovenstone Primary School is at 54 Clovenstone Park, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH14 3EY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)