Cramond Primary School, Edinburgh
Cramond Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 96.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cramond Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cramond 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.
Cramond Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 429 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 21 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 80% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.1% in 2024/25, and 6.1% 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 90% full.
Cramond Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "The school serves the village of Cramond and the surrounding areas of northwest Edinburgh. We are proud to be part of the Royal High School learning community. We work closely with the other associated primaries of Blackhall, Clermiston and Davidson’s Mains. The school roll is over 500 pupils."
The school runs after-school care, from £13 per session.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cramond Primary School are Clermiston Primary School (1 mile), East Craigs Primary School (1.4 miles), Davidson's Mains Primary School (1.5 miles) and Fox Covert Primary School (1.7 miles).
Clermiston Primary SchoolEast Craigs Primary SchoolDavidson's Mains Primary SchoolFox Covert Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Gateway Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fair-A-Far Cottages (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cramond Primary School are The Royal High School (0.9 miles) and Craigmount 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cramond Primary School in August 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Keep up with Cramond Primary School
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 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 Cramond Primary School
When was Cramond Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cramond Primary School in August 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Cramond Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cramond 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 Cramond Primary School?
If you live in Cramond 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 Cramond 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cramond Primary School?
Cramond Primary School is at 4 Cramond Crescent, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 6PG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)