Roseburn Primary School, Edinburgh
Roseburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Roseburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Roseburn 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.
Roseburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 238 pupils, an average class size of 23.8 and 19.7 pupils per teacher.
35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 76% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 10.3% 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 good (A); the school was 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Roseburn Primary School are Balgreen Primary School (0.6 miles), Dalry Primary School (0.6 miles), Craiglockhart Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Cuthbert's RC Primary School (0.9 miles).
Balgreen Primary SchoolDalry Primary SchoolCraiglockhart Primary SchoolSt Cuthbert's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Murrayfield Stadium (Edinburgh Trams), about 110 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Roseburn Street (before), 290 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Roseburn Primary School are Tynecastle High School (0.4 miles), Boroughmuir High School (0.9 miles), St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (1.2 miles) and Broughton High School (1.4 miles).
Tynecastle High SchoolBoroughmuir High SchoolSt Thomas Of Aquin's High SchoolBroughton 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 Roseburn Primary School in February 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Roseburn Primary School
RSPP Minutes - 26 August 2026
7 Sep 2026
RSPP Agenda and Papers - 26 August 2026
20 Aug 2026
RSPP Minutes - 3 June 2026
14 Jun 2026
RSPP Agenda & Papers - 3 June 2026
28 May 2026
RSPP Minutes - 1 April 2026
20 May 2026
RSPP Agenda & Papers - 1 April 2026
30 Mar 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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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Questions parents ask about Roseburn Primary School
When was Roseburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Roseburn Primary School in February 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 Roseburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Roseburn 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 Roseburn Primary School?
If you live in Roseburn 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 Roseburn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Roseburn Primary School?
Roseburn Primary School is at 64 Roseburn Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH12 5PL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)