Pentland Primary School, Edinburgh
Pentland Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pentland Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pentland 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.
Pentland Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 490 pupils, an average class size of 27.2 and 20.9 pupils per teacher.
11% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 66% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 9.4% 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 good (A); the school was 97% full.
Pentland Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pentland Primary School are St Mark's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Colinton Primary School (0.7 miles), Oxgangs Primary School (0.7 miles) and Buckstone Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Mark's RC Primary SchoolColinton Primary SchoolOxgangs Primary SchoolBuckstone Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Slateford Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oxgangs Green (opposite), 210 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Pentland Primary School are Firrhill High School (0.8 miles) and Merchiston Castle School (1.3 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Pentland Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Pentland Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
3 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.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Questions parents ask about Pentland Primary School
What is the catchment area for Pentland Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pentland 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 Pentland Primary School?
If you live in Pentland 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 Pentland Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 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 Pentland Primary School?
Pentland Primary School is at 10 Oxgangs Green, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH13 9JF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)