St Gerardine Primary School, MORAY
St Gerardine Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Gerardine Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Gerardine 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.
St Gerardine Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 315 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 14% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 20.5% 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 good (A); the school was 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Gerardine Primary School are Hythehill Primary School (0.3 miles), Seafield Primary School (4.2 miles) and Bishopmill Primary School (4.6 miles).
Hythehill Primary SchoolSeafield Primary SchoolBishopmill Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Gerardine Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chapel Lane (opposite), 290 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 St Gerardine Primary School in February 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Gerardine Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 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 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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Questions parents ask about St Gerardine Primary School
When was St Gerardine Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Gerardine Primary School in February 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 St Gerardine Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Gerardine 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 St Gerardine Primary School?
If you live in St Gerardine 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 St Gerardine Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Gerardine Primary School?
St Gerardine Primary School is at St Gerardine's Road, Lossiemouth, MORAY, MORAY, IV31 6JX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)