Leith Walk Primary School, Edinburgh
Leith Walk Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 92.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Leith Walk Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Leith Walk 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 Walk Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 206 pupils, an average class size of 22.9 and 19.1 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 36% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.8% in 2024/25, and 25.8% 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 49% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Leith Walk Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (Edinburgh) (0.4 miles), Lorne Primary School (0.4 miles), Abbeyhill Primary School (0.5 miles) and Broughton Primary School (0.5 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary School (Edinburgh)Lorne Primary SchoolAbbeyhill Primary SchoolBroughton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is McDonald Road (Edinburgh Trams), about 100 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shrubhill (sw-bound), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Leith Walk Primary School are Drummond Community High School (0.5 miles), Leith Academy (0.7 miles) and Trinity Academy (1.2 miles).
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 Leith Walk Primary School in April 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 34
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 6 serious and 27 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
7 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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 Leith Walk Primary School
When was Leith Walk Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Leith Walk Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Leith Walk Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Leith Walk 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Leith Walk Primary School?
If you live in Leith Walk Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Leith Walk Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 6 serious and 27 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 7 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Leith Walk Primary School?
Leith Walk Primary School is at 9 Brunswick Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH7 5NG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)