Leith Primary School, Edinburgh

Leith 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.

Leith Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 302 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 19.2 pupils per teacher.

39% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 33% speak English as an additional language.

21% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 5% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 30.9% 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 63% full.

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome everyone to Leith Primary School! We are a diverse and inclusive primary school and nursery with around 350 pupils from ages two to twelve and around sixty staff. We are situation in the heart of South Leith on the edge of the historic Leith Links."

The school runs a breakfast club.

The nearest other state primary schools to Leith Primary School are Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) (0.3 miles), Lorne Primary School (0.4 miles), Hermitage Park Primary School (0.4 miles) and Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary) (0.4 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Foot of the Walk (Edinburgh Trams), about 110 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

23 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duke Street (se-bound), 70 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to Leith Primary School are Leith Academy (0.2 miles), Trinity Academy (1.1 miles) and Drummond Community High School (1.1 miles).