Langlee Primary School, Galashiels
Langlee Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Galashiels.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Langlee Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Langlee 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.
Langlee Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 172 pupils, an average class size of 21.5 and 12.6 pupils per teacher.
41% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 85% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 25% 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 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Langlee Primary School are St Peter's Primary School (0.7 miles), Tweedbank Primary School (0.8 miles), Burgh Primary School (1.1 miles) and St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels) (1.2 miles).
St Peter's Primary SchoolTweedbank Primary SchoolBurgh Primary SchoolSt Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Galashiels Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Langlee Road (adjacent), 180 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 Langlee Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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 Langlee Primary School
What is the catchment area for Langlee Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Langlee 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 Langlee Primary School?
If you live in Langlee 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 Langlee Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 Langlee Primary School?
Langlee Primary School is at Langlee Drive, Galashiels, Galashiels, TD1 2EB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)