Longstone Primary School, Edinburgh
Longstone Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Longstone Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Longstone 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.
Longstone Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 226 pupils, an average class size of 22.6 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 35% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 18.9% 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 poor (C); the school was 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Longstone Primary School are St Joseph's RC Primary School (0.7 miles), Broomhouse Primary School (0.7 miles), Stenhouse Primary School (0.7 miles) and Canal View Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolBroomhouse Primary SchoolStenhouse Primary SchoolCanal View Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kingsknowe Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Longstone Place (opposite), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Longstone Primary School are Merchiston Castle School (0.7 miles), Firrhill High School (1 mile), Wester Hailes High School (1.3 miles) and Forrester High School (1.3 miles).
Merchiston Castle SchoolFirrhill High SchoolWester Hailes High SchoolForrester 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Longstone Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 Longstone Primary School
What is the catchment area for Longstone Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Longstone 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 Longstone Primary School?
If you live in Longstone 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 Longstone Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 Longstone Primary School?
Longstone Primary School is at Redhall Grove, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH14 2DU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)