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Nether Currie Primary School, EDINBURGH

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Nether Currie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.

Attendance
96.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Nether Currie Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Nether Currie 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.

Nether Currie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 174 pupils, an average class size of 21.8 and 18.5 pupils per teacher.

14% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 96.1% in 2024/25, and 4.7% 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 83% full.

Nether Currie Primary School in its own words

The school day runs from 8:45am to 2:40pm.

The school day (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Nether Currie Primary School are Currie Primary School (0.4 miles), Juniper Green Primary School (0.9 miles), Clovenstone Primary School (1.4 miles) and Sighthill Primary School (1.4 miles).

Currie Primary SchoolJuniper Green Primary SchoolClovenstone Primary SchoolSighthill Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Curriehill Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bryce Road (after), 240 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Nether Currie Primary School are Currie Community High School (0.6 miles), Wester Hailes High School (1.3 miles) and Balerno Community High School (1.7 miles).

Currie Community High SchoolWester Hailes High SchoolBalerno Community High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Edinburgh City
Phone:0131 449 3140
School day:8:45am to 2:40pm
Address:23 Thomson Crescent, Currie, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH14 5JR
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Nether Currie Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5540224

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with Nether Currie Primary School

Getting There

Bus Stops

Bryce Road (after)
237m · 4 min walk
Nether Currie (opp)
336m · 5 min walk
Easter Currie (opp)
368m · 6 min walk
Easter Currie Court (after)
372m · 6 min walk
Corslet Road (before)
395m · 6 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 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

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Nether Currie Primary School

What is the catchment area for Nether Currie Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Nether Currie 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 Nether Currie Primary School?

If you live in Nether Currie 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 Nether Currie Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Nether Currie Primary School?

Nether Currie Primary School is at 23 Thomson Crescent, Currie, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH14 5JR.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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