Sciennes Primary School, Edinburgh
Sciennes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sciennes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sciennes 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 542 pupils, an average class size of 28.5 and 21.4 pupils per teacher.
40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 20% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 74% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 10.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 86% full.
Sciennes Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sciennes Primary School are Preston Street Primary School (0.5 miles), James Gillespie's Primary School (0.6 miles), Canaan Lane Primary School (0.8 miles) and Tollcross Primary School (0.8 miles).
Preston Street Primary SchoolJames Gillespie's Primary SchoolCanaan Lane Primary SchoolTollcross Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sylvan Place (opposite), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Sciennes Primary School are James Gillespie's High School (0.5 miles), St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (0.8 miles) and Boroughmuir High School (1 mile).
James Gillespie's High SchoolSt Thomas Of Aquin's High SchoolBoroughmuir 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 Sciennes Primary School in September 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 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 Sciennes Primary School
When was Sciennes Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sciennes Primary School in September 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Sciennes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sciennes 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 Sciennes Primary School?
If you live in Sciennes 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 Sciennes Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 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 Sciennes Primary School?
Sciennes Primary School is at 10 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 1LG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)