Greenwards Primary School, ELGIN
Greenwards Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Elgin.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Greenwards Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Greenwards 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 320 pupils, an average class size of 26.7 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 21.5% 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 good (A); the school was 84% full.
Greenwards Primary School in its own words
The school day runs from 9:00am to 3:15pm.
The school day (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Greenwards Primary School are West End Primary School (0.5 miles), New Elgin Primary School (0.6 miles), St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.7 miles) and Linkwood Primary School (0.8 miles).
West End Primary SchoolNew Elgin Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolLinkwood Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glen Lossie Drive (adjacent), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Greenwards Primary School are Elgin High School (0.3 miles) and Elgin Academy (1.1 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 Greenwards Primary School in August 2024.
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Greenwards Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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
Greenwards Primary School
Questions parents ask about Greenwards Primary School
When was Greenwards Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Greenwards Primary School in August 2024. 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 Greenwards Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Greenwards 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Greenwards Primary School?
If you live in Greenwards Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Greenwards Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Greenwards Primary School?
Greenwards Primary School is at Edgar Road, New Elgin, ELGIN, ELGIN, IV30 6UQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)