Sighthill Primary School, Edinburgh
Sighthill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sighthill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sighthill 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.
Sighthill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 227 pupils, an average class size of 22.7 and 12.8 pupils per teacher.
52% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 33% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 32.6% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 77% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sighthill Primary School are Murrayburn Primary School (0.5 miles), Canal View Primary School (0.6 miles), Juniper Green Primary School (0.9 miles) and Broomhouse Primary School (1 mile).
Murrayburn Primary SchoolCanal View Primary SchoolJuniper Green Primary SchoolBroomhouse Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wester Hailes Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Calder Park (opposite), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Sighthill Primary School are Wester Hailes High School (0.2 miles), Forrester High School (0.8 miles), St Augustine's High School (0.9 miles) and Merchiston Castle School (1.6 miles).
Wester Hailes High SchoolForrester High SchoolSt Augustine's High SchoolMerchiston Castle School
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 Sighthill Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
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
- 1
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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 Sighthill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Sighthill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sighthill 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 Sighthill Primary School?
If you live in Sighthill 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 Sighthill 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: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Sighthill Primary School?
Sighthill Primary School is at 1 Calder Park, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH11 4NF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)