Lorne Primary School, Edinburgh
Lorne Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lorne Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lorne 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.
Lorne Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 133 pupils, an average class size of 19 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 22% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 31.9% 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 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lorne Primary School are Leith Primary School (0.4 miles), Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary) (0.4 miles), Leith Walk Primary School (0.4 miles) and Hermitage Park Primary School (0.4 miles).
Leith Primary SchoolBun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary)Leith Walk Primary SchoolHermitage Park Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Balfour Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 140 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Balfour Street (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lorne Primary School are Leith Academy (0.3 miles), Drummond Community High School (0.8 miles) and Trinity Academy (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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lorne Primary School in May 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Keep up with Lorne Primary School
Getting There
Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 35
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 11
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 35 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 23 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Lorne Primary School
Questions parents ask about Lorne Primary School
When was Lorne Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lorne Primary School in May 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lorne Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lorne 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 Lorne Primary School?
If you live in Lorne 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 Lorne Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 35 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 23 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Lorne Primary School?
Lorne Primary School is at 7 Lorne Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH6 8QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)