Murrayburn Primary School, Edinburgh
Murrayburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 92.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Murrayburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Murrayburn 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.
Murrayburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 305 pupils, an average class size of 20.3 and 16.6 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 20% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.6% in 2024/25, and 25.2% 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 poor (C); the school was 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Murrayburn Primary School are Canal View Primary School (0.4 miles), St Joseph's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Broomhouse Primary School (0.5 miles) and Sighthill Primary School (0.5 miles).
Canal View Primary SchoolSt Joseph's RC Primary SchoolBroomhouse Primary SchoolSighthill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wester Hailes Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sighthill Gardens (before), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Murrayburn Primary School are Wester Hailes High School (0.6 miles), Forrester High School (0.6 miles), St Augustine's High School (0.7 miles) and Merchiston Castle School (1.3 miles).
Wester Hailes High SchoolForrester High SchoolSt Augustine's High SchoolMerchiston Castle 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 Murrayburn Primary School in February 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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 Murrayburn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 25
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 17 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
5 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Murrayburn Primary School
Questions parents ask about Murrayburn Primary School
When was Murrayburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Murrayburn Primary School in February 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Murrayburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Murrayburn 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 Murrayburn Primary School?
If you live in Murrayburn 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 Murrayburn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 17 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 5 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 Murrayburn Primary School?
Murrayburn Primary School is at 1 Sighthill Loan, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH11 4NP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)