Currie Primary School, EDINBURGH
Currie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Currie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Currie 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.
Currie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 444 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 20.5 pupils per teacher.
7% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 10.1% 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 good (A); the school was 81% full.
Currie Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Currie Primary is a school on the south west of the city of Edinburgh. We currently have a large nursery and 19 classes in the main school. Our school role is 494. Currie Primary was officially opened in 2008 following the amalgamation of Curriehill and Riccarton Primary Schools."
The school runs a breakfast club.
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 Currie Primary School are Nether Currie Primary School (0.4 miles), Juniper Green Primary School (1.3 miles), Dean Park Primary School (1.7 miles) and Sighthill Primary School (1.7 miles).
Nether Currie Primary SchoolJuniper Green Primary SchoolDean Park Primary SchoolSighthill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Curriehill Rail Station, about 450 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Currie Primary School (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Currie Primary School are Currie Community High School (0.3 miles), Balerno Community High School (1.3 miles) and Wester Hailes High School (1.6 miles).
Currie Community High SchoolBalerno Community High SchoolWester Hailes 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 Currie Primary School in November 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Latest from Currie Primary School
CPS Fairtrade Coffee Morning
4 Oct 2026
House Chants
4 Oct 2026
Raising Teens with Confidence Course
28 Sep 2026
Raising Children with Confidence Course
28 Sep 2026
Seasons for Growth
28 Sep 2026
PTA Fun Run
27 Sep 2026
From Currie Primary School's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
1 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.
Commute and house prices
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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Currie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Currie Primary School
When was Currie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Currie Primary School in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Currie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Currie 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 Currie Primary School?
If you live in Currie 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 Currie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 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 Currie Primary School?
Currie Primary School is at 59 Curriehill Road, Currie, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH14 5PU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)