Cockenzie Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Cockenzie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cockenzie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cockenzie 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.
Cockenzie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 310 pupils, an average class size of 23.8 and 18.2 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 34% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 19.4% 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 poor (C); the school was 65% full.
Cockenzie Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cockenzie Primary School are Blindwells Primary School (1 mile), Preston Tower Primary School (1.2 miles), St Gabriel's RC Primary School (1.3 miles) and Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (1.5 miles).
Blindwells Primary SchoolPreston Tower Primary SchoolSt Gabriel's RC Primary SchoolSanderson's Wynd Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Lane (near), 200 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cockenzie Primary School are Preston Lodge High School (0.9 miles) and Ross High School (1.8 miles).
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 Cockenzie 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
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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 Cockenzie Primary School
What is the catchment area for Cockenzie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cockenzie 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Cockenzie Primary School?
If you live in Cockenzie Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Cockenzie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cockenzie Primary School?
Cockenzie Primary School is at Osborne Terrace, Cockenzie, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH32 0BX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)