Ormiston Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Ormiston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ormiston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ormiston 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.
Ormiston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 243 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.3% in 2024/25, and 17.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 101% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ormiston Primary School are Windygoul Primary School (1.9 miles), Pencaitland Primary School (2.1 miles), St Martin's RC Primary School (2.2 miles) and Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (2.5 miles).
Windygoul Primary SchoolPencaitland Primary SchoolSt Martin's RC Primary SchoolSanderson's Wynd Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Playpark (at), 120 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 Ormiston Primary School in February 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Ormiston Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 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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Questions parents ask about Ormiston Primary School
When was Ormiston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Ormiston Primary School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Ormiston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ormiston 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ormiston Primary School?
If you live in Ormiston Primary 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 Ormiston 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, 0 serious and 1 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ormiston Primary School?
Ormiston Primary School is at Meadowbank, Ormiston, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH35 5LQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)