Lawfield Primary School, DALKEITH
Lawfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dalkeith.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lawfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lawfield 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.
Lawfield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 265 pupils, an average class size of 24.1 and 15.4 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
43% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 37.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lawfield Primary School are Easthouses Primary School (0.5 miles), Mayfield Primary School (0.5 miles), St Luke's Primary School (0.5 miles) and St David's RC Primary School (0.9 miles).
Easthouses Primary SchoolMayfield Primary SchoolSt Luke's Primary SchoolSt David's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newtongrange Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mayfield Place (near), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lawfield Primary School are Newbattle High School (0.3 miles), Dalkeith High School (1.7 miles) and St David's RC High School (1.7 miles).
Newbattle High SchoolDalkeith High SchoolSt David's RC High School
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 Lawfield Primary School in June 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 3
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, 0 serious and 3 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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 Lawfield Primary School
When was Lawfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lawfield Primary School in June 2025.
What is the catchment area for Lawfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lawfield 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lawfield Primary School?
If you live in Lawfield Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Lawfield 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, 0 serious and 3 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lawfield Primary School?
Lawfield Primary School is at 26 Lawfield Road, Mayfield, DALKEITH, DALKEITH, EH22 5BB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)