Coldingham Primary School, Berwickshire
Coldingham Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Berwickshire.
- Attendance
- 92.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Coldingham Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Coldingham 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.
Coldingham Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 55 pupils, an average class size of 18.3 and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.8% in 2024/25, and 18.6% 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 47% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Coldingham Primary School are Eyemouth Primary School (2.7 miles), Reston Primary School (3 miles) and Ayton Primary School (3.4 miles).
Eyemouth Primary SchoolReston Primary SchoolAyton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Reston Railway Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coldingham Primary School (at), 170 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 Coldingham 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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 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 Coldingham Primary School
What is the catchment area for Coldingham Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Coldingham 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 Coldingham Primary School?
If you live in Coldingham 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 Coldingham Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Coldingham Primary School?
Coldingham Primary School is at Coldingham, Berwickshire, Berwickshire, TD14 5NS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)