Pirniehall Primary School, Edinburgh
Pirniehall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 89.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pirniehall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pirniehall 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.
Pirniehall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 238 pupils, an average class size of 26.4 and 19.5 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.9% in 2024/25, and 36.7% 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 good (A); the school was 72% full.
Pirniehall Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pirniehall Primary School are St David's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Forthview Primary School (0.2 miles), Craigroyston Primary School (0.4 miles) and Ferryhill Primary School (0.7 miles).
St David's RC Primary SchoolForthview Primary SchoolCraigroyston Primary SchoolFerryhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Pirniehall Primary School are Craigroyston Community High School (0.3 miles), Broughton High School (1.2 miles) and The Royal High School (1.6 miles).
Craigroyston Community High SchoolBroughton High SchoolThe Royal 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 Pirniehall Primary School in January 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Pirniehall Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 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
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Pirniehall Primary School
Questions parents ask about Pirniehall Primary School
When was Pirniehall Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pirniehall Primary School in January 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Pirniehall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pirniehall 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 Pirniehall Primary School?
If you live in Pirniehall 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 Pirniehall 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: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Pirniehall Primary School?
Pirniehall Primary School is at 4 West Pilton Crescent, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 4EP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)