Philiphaugh Community School, Selkirk
Philiphaugh Community School is a primary school for pupils in Selkirk.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Philiphaugh Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Philiphaugh Community 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.
Philiphaugh Community School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 88 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
50% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
65% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 21.3% 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 poor (C); the school was 56% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Philiphaugh Community School are Knowepark Primary School (0.5 miles), Balmoral Primary School (4.1 miles), St Peter's Primary School (4.2 miles) and St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels) (4.3 miles).
Knowepark Primary SchoolBalmoral Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary SchoolSt Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Philiphaugh Community School.
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 Philiphaugh Community School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 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 Philiphaugh Community School
What is the catchment area for Philiphaugh Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Philiphaugh Community 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 Philiphaugh Community School?
If you live in Philiphaugh Community 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 Philiphaugh Community 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Philiphaugh Community School?
Philiphaugh Community School is at 2 Linglie Road, Selkirk, Selkirk, TD7 5LT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)