Queensferry Primary School, EDINBURGH
Queensferry Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 96.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Queensferry Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Queensferry 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.
Queensferry Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 535 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 20.5 pupils per teacher.
13% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 96.1% in 2024/25, and 8.1% 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 poor (C); the school was 106% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Queensferry Primary School are St Margaret's RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Echline Primary School (0.6 miles), Dalmeny Primary School (1 mile) and North Queensferry Primary School (1.7 miles).
St Margaret's RC Primary SchoolEchline Primary SchoolDalmeny Primary SchoolNorth Queensferry Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalmeny Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burgess Road (e-bound), 40 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Queensferry Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Queensferry Primary School
Meet the Teacher P4 and P3/4
6 Oct 2026
P3 Meet the Teacher 2026
28 Sep 2026
P5 Meet The Teacher- 2026
15 Sep 2026
P6 Meet the Teacher
10 Sep 2026
P7 Meet the Teacher 2026
3 Sep 2026
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Getting There
Train Stations
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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 Queensferry Primary School
What is the catchment area for Queensferry Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Queensferry 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 Queensferry Primary School?
If you live in Queensferry 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 Queensferry Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Queensferry Primary School?
Queensferry Primary School is at Burgess Road, South Queensferry, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH30 9NX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)