Law Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Law Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Law Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Law 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.
Law Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 606 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 20.3 pupils per teacher.
9% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 9.7% 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 good (A); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Law Primary School are Dirleton Primary School (2.5 miles), Gullane Primary School (4.1 miles), Athelstaneford Primary School (4.5 miles) and East Linton Primary School (5 miles).
Dirleton Primary SchoolGullane Primary SchoolAthelstaneford Primary SchoolEast Linton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is North Berwick Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 190 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 Law Primary School in May 2023.
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Law 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 foot.
1 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Law Primary School
Questions parents ask about Law Primary School
When was Law Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Law Primary School in May 2023. 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 Law Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Law 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 Law Primary School?
If you live in Law 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 Law 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 foot. 1 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 Law Primary School?
Law Primary School is at Haddington Road, North Berwick, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH39 4QZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)