Loretto RC Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Loretto RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Loretto RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Loretto RC 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.
Loretto RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 187 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 20.8 pupils per teacher.
40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 23% speak English as an additional language.
10% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 17.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Loretto RC Primary School are Musselburgh Burgh Primary School (0.1 miles), Pinkie St Peter's Primary School (0.3 miles), Campie Primary School (0.6 miles) and Stoneyhill Primary School (1 mile).
Musselburgh Burgh Primary SchoolPinkie St Peter's Primary SchoolCampie Primary SchoolStoneyhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Musselburgh Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newbigging (s-bound), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Loretto RC Primary School are Musselburgh Grammar School (0.3 miles) and Rosehill High School (1.8 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 Loretto RC Primary School in June 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 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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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 14
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 10 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 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 Loretto RC Primary School
When was Loretto RC Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Loretto RC Primary School in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; 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 Loretto RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Loretto RC 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 Loretto RC Primary School?
If you live in Loretto RC 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 Loretto RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 10 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 Loretto RC Primary School?
Loretto RC Primary School is at 20 Newbigging, Musselburgh, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH21 7AH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)