Gore Glen Primary School, GOREBRIDGE
Gore Glen Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Gorebridge.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gore Glen Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gore Glen 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.
Gore Glen Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 342 pupils, an average class size of 20.1 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95% in 2024/25, and 10.7% 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 79% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gore Glen Primary School are Gorebridge Primary School (0.5 miles), Stobhill Primary School (0.9 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (0.9 miles) and Newtongrange Primary School (1 mile).
Gorebridge Primary SchoolStobhill Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Primary SchoolNewtongrange Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newtongrange Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newtonloan Lodge (opposite), 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Gore Glen Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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 Gore Glen Primary School
What is the catchment area for Gore Glen Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gore Glen 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Gore Glen Primary School?
If you live in Gore Glen Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Gore Glen Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gore Glen Primary School?
Gore Glen Primary School is at Whitehouse Way, GOREBRIDGE, GOREBRIDGE, EH23 4FP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)