St Martin's RC Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
St Martin's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Martin's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Martin's RC 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 Martin's RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 108 pupils, an average class size of 18 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 24.8% 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 52% full.
St Martin's RC Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and dance.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Martin's RC Primary School are Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (0.3 miles), Windygoul Primary School (0.4 miles), Blindwells Primary School (0.9 miles) and Preston Tower Primary School (1.4 miles).
Sanderson's Wynd Primary SchoolWindygoul Primary SchoolBlindwells Primary SchoolPreston Tower Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Martin's School (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Martin's RC Primary School are Ross High School (0.1 miles) and Preston Lodge High School (1.4 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 St Martin's RC Primary School in October 2023.
- 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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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St Martin's RC Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Martin's RC Primary School
When was St Martin's RC Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Martin's RC Primary School in October 2023. 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 Martin's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Martin's RC 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Martin's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Martin's RC Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Martin's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 13 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Martin's RC Primary School?
St Martin's RC Primary School is at High Street, Tranent, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH33 1HJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)