Halyrude Primary School, Peebles
Halyrude Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Peebles. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Halyrude Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Halyrude 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 62 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 24% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 19.7% 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 31% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Halyrude Primary School are Kingsland Primary School (0.4 miles) and Priorsford Primary School (1 mile).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Halyrude Primary School.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Halyrude Primary School (outside), 50 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Halyrude Primary School in June 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
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Getting There
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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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Halyrude Primary School
When was Halyrude Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Halyrude Primary School in June 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Halyrude Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Halyrude 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Halyrude Primary School?
If you live in Halyrude Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Halyrude 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Halyrude Primary School?
Halyrude Primary School is at Rosetta Road, Peebles, Peebles, EH45 8HQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)