Royal Blind School, Edinburgh
Royal Blind School is a special school for pupils in Edinburgh.
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Royal Blind School in detail
School in Scotland
Royal Blind School is a grant aided school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Royal Blind School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 23 pupils and 1.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Royal Blind School in its own words
In its own words: "At Sight Scotland, we understand that there is no place like home. That's why our homes are unique, and provide the support which is right for those who choose to live there. Our Forward Vision service provides residential care for 14 young adults who are blind or visually impaired, and have additional disabilities."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Royal Blind School are Dunedin School (1.4 miles), Westfield Secondary (Previously Gorgie Mills Special School) (1.5 miles), Braidburn Special School (1.6 miles) and Redhall School (2.3 miles).
Dunedin SchoolWestfield Secondary (Previously Gorgie Mills Special School)Braidburn Special SchoolRedhall School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Haymarket Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clinton Road (after), 350 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 Royal Blind School in November 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
The Royal Blind School is a specialist day and boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland that was established in 1793 and run by the charity, Royal Blind. The school caters for pupils aged 3 to 19 who are blind or partially sighted, and has facilities for children of nursery, primary and secondary age.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Royal Blind School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 3 serious and 7 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Grant aided is 2.5 (the median across 8 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 Royal Blind School
When was Royal Blind School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Royal Blind School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Royal Blind School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Royal Blind 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 Grant aided. Grant aided publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Royal Blind School?
If you live in Royal Blind School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Grant aided will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Grant aided - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Royal Blind 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, 3 serious and 7 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Grant aided is 2.5 (the median across 8 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Royal Blind School?
Royal Blind School is at 2A Robertson Avenue, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH11 1PZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)