Haddington Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Haddington Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Haddington Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Haddington 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.
Haddington Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 671 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 19.3 pupils per teacher.
12% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 12.6% 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 116% full.
Haddington Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Haddington Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Letham Mains Primary School (1 mile), Athelstaneford Primary School (2.5 miles) and Yester Primary School (3.9 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolLetham Mains Primary SchoolAthelstaneford Primary SchoolYester Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Haddington Primary School.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Corn Exchange (opposite), 130 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 Haddington Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Haddington Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
4 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.
Commute and house prices
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Haddington Primary School
Questions parents ask about Haddington Primary School
What is the catchment area for Haddington Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Haddington 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 Haddington Primary School?
If you live in Haddington 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 Haddington Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 4 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 Haddington Primary School?
Haddington Primary School is at Neilson Park Road, Haddington, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH41 3DT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)