Edenside Primary School, ROXBURGHSHIRE
Edenside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Roxburghshire.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Edenside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Edenside 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.
Edenside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 222 pupils, an average class size of 24.7 and 17.6 pupils per teacher.
18% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 59% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 14.8% 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 58% full.
Edenside Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, tennis, athletics, basketball, badminton, dance and gardening.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Edenside Primary School are Broomlands Primary School (0.5 miles), Ednam Primary School (1.9 miles) and Sprouston Primary School (1.9 miles).
Broomlands Primary SchoolEdnam Primary SchoolSprouston Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Edenside Primary School.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edenside Primary School (outside), 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Edenside Primary School in February 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Edenside Primary School
School Bulletin 18/9/26
22 Sep 2026
School Bulletin 4/9/25
7 Sep 2026
Curriculum Overviews Aug-Oct 2026
3 Sep 2026
School Bulletin 21/8/26
25 Aug 2026
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Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Edenside Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Edenside Primary School Nursery - Nursery, under 0.1 milesCare Inspectorate, 5 November 2019: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Broomlands Primary School Nursery - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 9 September 2026: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
- Castlegate Nursery & Out of School Club Limited - Nursery, 0.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 14 August 2024: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
- Ednam Primary School Nursery - Nursery, 1.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 26 February 2026: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
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.
The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). 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
Edenside Primary School
Questions parents ask about Edenside Primary School
When was Edenside Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Edenside Primary School in February 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good.
How many road collisions happen near Edenside 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. The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Edenside Primary School?
Edenside Primary School is at Inch Road, Kelso, ROXBURGHSHIRE, ROXBURGHSHIRE, TD5 7JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)