Glendinning Terrace Primary School, Galashiels
Glendinning Terrace Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Galashiels.
- Attendance
- 92%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glendinning Terrace Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Glendinning Terrace 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.
Glendinning Terrace Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 52 pupils, an average class size of 17.3 and 11.8 pupils per teacher.
42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92% in 2024/25, and 18.3% 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 poor (C); the school was 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glendinning Terrace Primary School are Burgh Primary School (0.5 miles), St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels) (0.6 miles), Balmoral Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (1 mile).
Burgh Primary SchoolSt Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)Balmoral Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Galashiels Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Halliburton Terrace (adjacent), 140 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 Glendinning Terrace Primary School in January 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Glendinning Terrace Primary School
When was Glendinning Terrace Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glendinning Terrace Primary School in January 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glendinning Terrace Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glendinning Terrace 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Glendinning Terrace Primary School?
If you live in Glendinning Terrace Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Glendinning Terrace Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glendinning Terrace Primary School?
Glendinning Terrace Primary School is at Glendinning Terrace, Galashiels, Galashiels, TD1 2JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)