Pinkie St Peter's Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Pinkie St Peter's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pinkie St Peter's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pinkie St Peter's 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.
Pinkie St Peter's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 441 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 17 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 21.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 72% full.
Pinkie St Peter's Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 5:45pm.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pinkie St Peter's Primary School are Loretto RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Musselburgh Burgh Primary School (0.4 miles), Campie Primary School (0.9 miles) and Stoneyhill Primary School (1.3 miles).
Loretto RC Primary SchoolMusselburgh Burgh Primary SchoolCampie Primary SchoolStoneyhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wallyford Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edenhall Road (at), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Pinkie St Peter's Primary School are Musselburgh Grammar School (0.5 miles) and Rosehill High School (1.4 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 Pinkie St Peter's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Pinkie St Peter's Primary School
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2 Oct 2026
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25 Sep 2026
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21 Aug 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 4
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, 5 serious and 5 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Pinkie St Peter's Primary School
What is the catchment area for Pinkie St Peter's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pinkie St Peter's 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 Pinkie St Peter's Primary School?
If you live in Pinkie St Peter's 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 Pinkie St Peter's 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, 5 serious and 5 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Pinkie St Peter's Primary School?
Pinkie St Peter's Primary School is at 44 Pinkie Road, Musselburgh, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH21 7HA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)