Parsons Green Primary School, Edinburgh
Parsons Green Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Parsons Green Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Parsons Green 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.
Parsons Green Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 270 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 17.6 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 55% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 16.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 64% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Parsons Green Primary School are Duddingston Primary School (0.5 miles), The Royal High Primary School (0.5 miles), St John's RC Primary School (0.7 miles) and Craigentinny Primary School (0.9 miles).
Duddingston Primary SchoolThe Royal High Primary SchoolSt John's RC Primary SchoolCraigentinny Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Brunstane Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parsons Green Primary School (s-bound), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Parsons Green Primary School are Holy Rood RC High School (0.5 miles), Castlebrae Community High School (1 mile) and Portobello High School (1.2 miles).
Holy Rood RC High SchoolCastlebrae Community High SchoolPortobello High School
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 Parsons Green Primary School in March 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Parsons Green Primary School
Nurseries
Kidzcare@Parsons Green is at Parsons Green Primary School. Care Inspectorate, 31 August 2018: Good in 4 key questions.
Parsons Green is at Parsons Green Primary School. Care Inspectorate, 15 May 2025: Good in 4 key questions.
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Parsons Green Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Northfield/WillowbraePlaygroup - Pre-school, 0.4 milesCare Inspectorate, 15 November 2024: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Duddingston Primary School Nursery - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 20 March 2025: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Rocking Horse Nursery - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 28 November 2024: Good in 4 key questions
- The Royal High Primary School Nursery - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 30 October 2024: Good in 4 key questions
- Cosy Cottage Nursery School - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 7 August 2023: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight.
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 are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Parsons Green Primary School
Questions parents ask about Parsons Green Primary School
When was Parsons Green Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Parsons Green Primary School in March 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good.
How many road collisions happen near Parsons Green Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight. 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 Parsons Green Primary School?
Parsons Green Primary School is at 60 Meadowfield Drive, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 7LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)