Ferryhill Primary School, Edinburgh
Ferryhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ferryhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ferryhill 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.
Ferryhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 296 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 20% speak English as an additional language.
34% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 42.3% 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 71% full.
Ferryhill Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "We are proud of the visions, values and aims of Ferryhill Primary School. vision values and aims 2018 pdf"
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ferryhill Primary School are Craigroyston Primary School (0.4 miles), Forthview Primary School (0.6 miles), Blackhall Primary School (0.6 miles) and Pirniehall Primary School (0.7 miles).
Craigroyston Primary SchoolForthview Primary SchoolBlackhall Primary SchoolPirniehall Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Murrayfield Stadium (Edinburgh Trams), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drylaw School (opposite), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ferryhill Primary School are Craigroyston Community High School (0.7 miles), Broughton High School (1.1 miles) and The Royal High School (1.3 miles).
Craigroyston Community High SchoolBroughton High SchoolThe Royal 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 Ferryhill Primary School in December 2025.
- 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
Social & online
Keep up with Ferryhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 17
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 12 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Ferryhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Ferryhill Primary School
When was Ferryhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Ferryhill Primary School in December 2025. 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 Ferryhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ferryhill 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 Ferryhill Primary School?
If you live in Ferryhill 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 Ferryhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 12 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 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 Ferryhill Primary School?
Ferryhill Primary School is at Groathill Road North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2SQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)