Seafield Primary School, ELGIN
Seafield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Elgin.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Seafield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Seafield 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.
Seafield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 335 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
41% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 19.6% 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 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Seafield Primary School are Bishopmill Primary School (0.5 miles), East End Primary School (0.8 miles), Linkwood Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.8 miles).
Bishopmill Primary SchoolEast End Primary SchoolLinkwood Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Seafield Primary School (at), 10 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Seafield Primary School are Elgin Academy (0.7 miles) and Elgin High School (1.6 miles).
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 Seafield Primary School in February 2024.
- 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 Seafield Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
2 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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
Seafield Primary School
Questions parents ask about Seafield Primary School
When was Seafield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Seafield Primary School in February 2024. 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 Seafield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Seafield 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Seafield Primary School?
If you live in Seafield Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Seafield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 2 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Seafield Primary School?
Seafield Primary School is at Deanshaugh Terrace, Bishopmill, ELGIN, ELGIN, IV30 4ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)