Musselburgh Grammar School, EAST LOTHIAN
Musselburgh Grammar School is a secondary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 90.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Musselburgh Grammar School in detail
School in Scotland
Musselburgh Grammar 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 802 pupils and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.6% in 2024/25, and 31.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 57% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Musselburgh Grammar School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Musselburgh Grammar School, a proud and vibrant school at the heart of the thriving Musselburgh town, and equally serving the nearby village of Whitecraig. We are the fourth oldest school in Scotland and will celebrate our 400 th anniversary in 2026."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Musselburgh Grammar School are Rosehill High School (1.9 miles), Portobello High School (2.4 miles), Dalkeith High School (2.6 miles) and St David's RC High School (2.6 miles).
Rosehill High SchoolPortobello High SchoolDalkeith High SchoolSt David's RC High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Musselburgh Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tesco Terminus (at), 230 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Musselburgh Grammar School are Musselburgh Burgh Primary School (0.2 miles), Loretto RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Campie Primary School (0.5 miles) and Pinkie St Peter's Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Lothian publishes both.
Musselburgh Burgh Primary SchoolLoretto RC Primary SchoolCampie Primary SchoolPinkie St Peter's Primary School
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 Musselburgh Grammar School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Musselburgh Grammar School a state-funded secondary school in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the main secondary school for Musselburgh and the surrounding areas of Wallyford and Whitecraig.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 9 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Musselburgh Grammar School
Questions parents ask about Musselburgh Grammar School
What is the catchment area for Musselburgh Grammar School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Musselburgh Grammar 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Musselburgh Grammar School?
If you live in Musselburgh Grammar School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Musselburgh Grammar School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 9 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Musselburgh Grammar School?
Musselburgh Grammar School is at 86 Inveresk Road, Musselburgh, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH21 7BA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)