Pilrig Park School, Edinburgh
Pilrig Park School is a special school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 89.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pilrig Park School in detail
School in Scotland
Pilrig Park 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 66 pupils and 4.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 26% speak English as an additional language.
26% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.2% in 2024/25, and 26.6% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Pilrig Park School are Prospect Bank School (0.9 miles), Rowanfield Special School (2.6 miles), Royal Blind School (2.7 miles) and Oaklands School (2.9 miles).
Prospect Bank SchoolRowanfield Special SchoolRoyal Blind SchoolOaklands School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Balfour Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pilrig Gardens (opposite), 150 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 Pilrig Park School in October 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Pilrig Park School
Getting There
Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 21
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 15 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
4 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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Questions parents ask about Pilrig Park School
When was Pilrig Park School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pilrig Park School in October 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 Pilrig Park School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pilrig Park 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 Pilrig Park School?
If you live in Pilrig Park 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 Pilrig Park School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 15 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 4 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 Pilrig Park School?
Pilrig Park School is at 12 Balfour Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH6 5DW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)