Danderhall Primary School, Danderhall
Danderhall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Danderhall.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Danderhall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Danderhall 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.
Danderhall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 417 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 19.5% 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 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Danderhall Primary School are Craigour Park Primary (0.9 miles), Gilmerton Primary School (1.2 miles), Castleview Primary School (1.3 miles) and Niddrie Mill Primary School (1.4 miles).
Craigour Park PrimaryGilmerton Primary SchoolCastleview Primary SchoolNiddrie Mill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shawfair Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woolmet Crescent (e-bound), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Danderhall Primary School are Castlebrae Community High School (1.5 miles), Liberton High School (1.6 miles) and Gracemount High School (1.8 miles).
Castlebrae Community High SchoolLiberton High SchoolGracemount 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 Danderhall Primary School in April 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 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
Keep up with Danderhall Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Danderhall Primary School
Questions parents ask about Danderhall Primary School
When was Danderhall Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Danderhall Primary School in April 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Danderhall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Danderhall 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Danderhall Primary School?
If you live in Danderhall Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Danderhall 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Danderhall Primary School?
Danderhall Primary School is at 59 Edmonstone Road, Danderhall, Danderhall, EH22 1QL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)