Forthview Primary School, Edinburgh
Forthview Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Forthview Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Forthview 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.
Forthview Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 385 pupils, an average class size of 27.5 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
54% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 29% speak English as an additional language.
44% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 34.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 89% full.
Forthview Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Please use the drop down links, from the ‘Our School’ heading, to learn more about our school."
From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Forthview Primary School. We are a non-denominational primary school in North Edinburgh and part of the Craigroyston Learning Community. We have a current roll of 412 children from Primary 1 to Primary 7. Our school also has a nursery which caters for 64 children between the ages of 3 and 4."
The school runs a breakfast club.
The school day runs from 8:45am to 2:45pm.
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)The school day (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Forthview Primary School are Pirniehall Primary School (0.2 miles), St David's RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Craigroyston Primary School (0.5 miles) and Ferryhill Primary School (0.6 miles).
Pirniehall Primary SchoolSt David's RC Primary SchoolCraigroyston Primary SchoolFerryhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crewe Road Gardens (before), 210 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Forthview Primary School are Craigroyston Community High School (0.5 miles), Broughton High School (1 mile) and The Royal High School (1.7 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 Forthview Primary School in May 2026.
- 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
Keep up with Forthview Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 31
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 11
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 31 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 20 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
7 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Forthview Primary School
Questions parents ask about Forthview Primary School
When was Forthview Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Forthview Primary School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Forthview Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Forthview 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 Forthview Primary School?
If you live in Forthview 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 Forthview Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 31 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 11 serious and 20 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 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 Forthview Primary School?
Forthview Primary School is at West Pilton Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 4DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)