Gullane Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Gullane Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gullane Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gullane 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.
Gullane Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 259 pupils, an average class size of 23.5 and 20.1 pupils per teacher.
28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 32% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 10% 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 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gullane Primary School are Dirleton Primary School (1.7 miles), Aberlady Primary School (2.4 miles), Law Primary School (4.1 miles) and Athelstaneford Primary School (4.4 miles).
Dirleton Primary SchoolAberlady Primary SchoolLaw Primary SchoolAthelstaneford Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drem Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lammermuir Court (opposite), 250 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 Gullane Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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 Gullane Primary School
What is the catchment area for Gullane Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gullane 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Gullane Primary School?
If you live in Gullane Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Gullane Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gullane Primary School?
Gullane Primary School is at Muirfield Terrace, Gullane, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH31 2HL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)