Echline Primary School, EDINBURGH
Echline Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Echline Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Echline 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.
Echline Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 280 pupils, an average class size of 20 and 21.5 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 76% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 10.5% 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 67% full.
Echline Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Echline Primary is in South Queensferry and enjoys a striking setting with a dramatic backdrop of the bridges. The school is non- denominational and serves an area north west of the City of Edinburgh. It has a pupil roll of 281 and a 30:30 nursery."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Echline Primary School are Queensferry Primary School (0.6 miles), St Margaret's RC Primary School (0.9 miles), Dalmeny Primary School (1.6 miles) and North Queensferry Primary School (1.8 miles).
Queensferry Primary SchoolSt Margaret's RC Primary SchoolDalmeny Primary SchoolNorth Queensferry Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalmeny Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Springfield View (opposite), 100 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 Echline Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
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, 2 serious and 3 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Echline Primary School
What is the catchment area for Echline Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Echline 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 Echline Primary School?
If you live in Echline 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 Echline 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, 2 serious and 3 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Echline Primary School?
Echline Primary School is at Bo'ness Road, South Queensferry, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH30 9XJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)