Mauricewood Primary School, Penicuik
Mauricewood Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Penicuik.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mauricewood Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mauricewood 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.
Mauricewood Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 341 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 17.5 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 77% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 9.9% 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 poor (C); the school was 87% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mauricewood Primary School are Strathesk Primary School (0.3 miles), Cuiken Primary School (0.8 miles), Sacred Heart Primary School (1 mile) and Cornbank Primary School (1.2 miles).
Strathesk Primary SchoolCuiken Primary SchoolSacred Heart Primary SchoolCornbank Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Mauricewood Primary School.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beeslack High School (near), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mauricewood Primary School are Beeslack Community High School (0.2 miles) and Penicuik High School (1 mile).
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 Mauricewood 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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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
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Questions parents ask about Mauricewood Primary School
What is the catchment area for Mauricewood Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mauricewood 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Mauricewood Primary School?
If you live in Mauricewood Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Mauricewood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mauricewood Primary School?
Mauricewood Primary School is at 11 Muirhead Place, Penicuik, Penicuik, EH26 0LE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)