Moorfoot Primary School, GOREBRIDGE
Moorfoot Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Gorebridge.
- Attendance
- 96.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Moorfoot Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Moorfoot 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.
Moorfoot Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 85 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 16 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 96.2% in 2024/25, and 7.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Moorfoot Primary School are St Andrew's Primary School (1.8 miles), Stobhill Primary School (1.9 miles), Gorebridge Primary School (2.2 miles) and Gore Glen Primary School (2.7 miles).
St Andrew's Primary SchoolStobhill Primary SchoolGorebridge Primary SchoolGore Glen Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gorebridge Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Borthwick Castle Road (at), 270 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Moorfoot Primary School in December 2022.
- 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 Moorfoot Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- 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: none fatal, 0 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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Questions parents ask about Moorfoot Primary School
When was Moorfoot Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Moorfoot Primary School in December 2022. 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 Moorfoot Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Moorfoot 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 Moorfoot Primary School?
If you live in Moorfoot 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 Moorfoot 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: none fatal, 0 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 Moorfoot Primary School?
Moorfoot Primary School is at 41 Borthwick Castle Road, North Middleton, GOREBRIDGE, GOREBRIDGE, EH23 4QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)