Mayfield Primary School, DALKEITH
Mayfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dalkeith.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mayfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mayfield 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 241 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 25.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as bad (D); the school was 62% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mayfield Primary School are Easthouses Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Lawfield Primary School (0.5 miles), St Luke's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Newtongrange Primary School (0.7 miles).
Easthouses Primary SchoolLawfield Primary SchoolSt Luke's Primary SchoolNewtongrange Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newtongrange Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parkhead Place (at), 330 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mayfield Primary School are Newbattle High School (0.2 miles), Dalkeith High School (1.8 miles) and St David's RC High School (1.8 miles).
Newbattle High SchoolDalkeith High SchoolSt David's RC 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mayfield Primary School in September 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Mayfield Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Mayfield Primary School
Questions parents ask about Mayfield Primary School
When was Mayfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mayfield Primary School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Mayfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mayfield 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 Mayfield Primary School?
If you live in Mayfield 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 Mayfield Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mayfield Primary School?
Mayfield Primary School is at 64 Easthouses Road, Easthouses, DALKEITH, DALKEITH, EH22 4EW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)