Letham Mains Primary School, HADDINGTON
Letham Mains Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Haddington.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Letham Mains Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Letham Mains 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.
Letham Mains Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 272 pupils, an average class size of 22.7 and 20.5 pupils per teacher.
38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 7.7% 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 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Letham Mains Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.9 miles), Haddington Primary School (1 mile), Athelstaneford Primary School (3.3 miles) and Longniddry Primary School (3.7 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolHaddington Primary SchoolAthelstaneford Primary SchoolLongniddry Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Letham Mains Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gateside Road (opposite), 130 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 Letham Mains 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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 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.
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Questions parents ask about Letham Mains Primary School
What is the catchment area for Letham Mains Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Letham Mains 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 Letham Mains Primary School?
If you live in Letham Mains 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 Letham Mains Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Letham Mains Primary School?
Letham Mains Primary School is at Hays Walk, HADDINGTON, HADDINGTON, EH41 3FH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)