Linkwood Primary School, ELGIN
Linkwood Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Elgin.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Linkwood Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Linkwood 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.
Linkwood Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 246 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
39% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 22.3% 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 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Linkwood Primary School are East End Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), West End Primary School (0.6 miles) and New Elgin Primary School (0.8 miles).
East End Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolWest End Primary SchoolNew Elgin Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cathedral Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Linkwood Primary School are Elgin Academy (0.9 miles) and Elgin High School (1.1 miles).
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 Linkwood 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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 Linkwood Primary School
What is the catchment area for Linkwood Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Linkwood 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Linkwood Primary School?
If you live in Linkwood Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Linkwood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Linkwood Primary School?
Linkwood Primary School is at Thistle Drive, ELGIN, ELGIN, IV30 8AS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)