Melrose Primary School, ROXBURGHSHIRE
Melrose Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Roxburghshire.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Melrose Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Melrose 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.
Melrose Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 295 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 8.8% 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 52% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Melrose Primary School are Tweedbank Primary School (1.6 miles), Langlee Primary School (2.4 miles), Newtown Primary School (2.5 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (3 miles).
Tweedbank Primary SchoolLanglee Primary SchoolNewtown Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Tweedbank Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Weirhill Place (opposite), 140 metres away.
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 Melrose 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
- 1
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Melrose Primary School
What is the catchment area for Melrose Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Melrose 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Melrose Primary School?
If you live in Melrose Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Melrose Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Melrose Primary School?
Melrose Primary School is at Huntly Road, Melrose, ROXBURGHSHIRE, ROXBURGHSHIRE, TD6 9SB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)