Newlands Primary School, PEEBLESSHIRE
Newlands Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Peeblesshire.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newlands Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Newlands 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 64 pupils, an average class size of 16 and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 10.9% 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 59% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Newlands Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Romannobridge Bus Shelter (opposite), 30 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 Newlands Primary School in March 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Newlands Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 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 Newlands Primary School
When was Newlands Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newlands Primary School in March 2026.
What is the catchment area for Newlands Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newlands 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 Newlands Primary School?
If you live in Newlands 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 Newlands 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, 1 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 Newlands Primary School?
Newlands Primary School is at Romanno Bridge, West Linton, PEEBLESSHIRE, PEEBLESSHIRE, EH46 7BZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)