Gracemount Primary School, Edinburgh
Gracemount Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gracemount Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gracemount 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.
Gracemount Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 445 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.3 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
39% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 31.8% 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 poor (C); the school was 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gracemount Primary School are St Catherine's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Frogston Primary School (0.6 miles), Gilmerton Primary School (0.6 miles) and St John Vianney RC Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolFrogston Primary SchoolGilmerton Primary SchoolSt John Vianney RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shawfair Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gracemount High School (at), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Gracemount Primary School are Gracemount High School (under 0.1 miles) and Liberton High School (0.6 miles).
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 Gracemount Primary School in January 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Gracemount Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
3 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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Questions parents ask about Gracemount Primary School
When was Gracemount Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gracemount Primary School in January 2022.
What is the catchment area for Gracemount Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gracemount 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 Gracemount Primary School?
If you live in Gracemount 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 Gracemount Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 3 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 Gracemount Primary School?
Gracemount Primary School is at 45 Gracemount House Drive, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 6FD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)