Newtongrange Primary School, Newtongrange
Newtongrange Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Newtongrange.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newtongrange Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Newtongrange 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.
Newtongrange Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 349 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
17% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 14.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 89% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newtongrange Primary School are Mayfield Primary School (0.7 miles), Easthouses Primary School (0.7 miles), St Luke's Primary School (0.9 miles) and Gore Glen Primary School (1 mile).
Mayfield Primary SchoolEasthouses Primary SchoolSt Luke's Primary SchoolGore Glen Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newtongrange Rail Station, about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dean Park Place (opposite), 240 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 Newtongrange Primary School in January 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Newtongrange Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
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.
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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Newtongrange Primary School
Questions parents ask about Newtongrange Primary School
When was Newtongrange Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newtongrange Primary School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Newtongrange Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newtongrange 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 Newtongrange Primary School?
If you live in Newtongrange 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 Newtongrange 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. 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 Newtongrange Primary School?
Newtongrange Primary School is at Sixth Street, Newtongrange, Newtongrange, EH22 4LB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)