South Morningside Primary School, Edinburgh
South Morningside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 96.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
South Morningside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
South Morningside 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.
South Morningside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 504 pupils, an average class size of 29.6 and 25.3 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 96.6% in 2024/25, and 5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 80% full.
South Morningside Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "We are so excited to welcome your family to South Morningside Primary School! We are proud of our community spirit and are looking forward to welcoming your child into the school."
The school runs after-school care.
The school day runs from 8:55am to 3:05pm.
Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 11.26am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Edinburgh City
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)The school day (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to South Morningside Primary School are St Peter's RC Primary School (0.6 miles), Canaan Lane Primary School (0.7 miles), Pentland Primary School (0.9 miles) and Craiglockhart Primary School (1 mile).
St Peter's RC Primary SchoolCanaan Lane Primary SchoolPentland Primary SchoolCraiglockhart Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Slateford Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is South Morningside Primary School (opposite), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to South Morningside Primary School are Firrhill High School (1.1 miles), James Gillespie's High School (1.2 miles), Boroughmuir High School (1.4 miles) and St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (1.4 miles).
Firrhill High SchoolJames Gillespie's High SchoolBoroughmuir High SchoolSt Thomas Of Aquin's 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 South Morningside Primary School in January 2024.
- 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
Keep up with South Morningside Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 4 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
South Morningside Primary School
Questions parents ask about South Morningside Primary School
When was South Morningside Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of South Morningside Primary School in January 2024. 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 South Morningside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and South Morningside 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 South Morningside Primary School?
If you live in South Morningside 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 South Morningside Primary 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, 4 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is South Morningside Primary School?
South Morningside Primary School is at 116 Comiston Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH10 5QN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)