St Peter's Primary School, Galashiels
St Peter's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Galashiels.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Peter's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Peter's 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 Peter's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 195 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 16.5 pupils per teacher.
45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 19.9% 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 61% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's Primary School are St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels) (0.6 miles), Burgh Primary School (0.6 miles), Langlee Primary School (0.7 miles) and Balmoral Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)Burgh Primary SchoolLanglee Primary SchoolBalmoral Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Galashiels Rail Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Peter's School (outside), 130 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 Peter's Primary School in May 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
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
0 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Peter's Primary School
When was St Peter's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Peter's Primary School in May 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 Peter's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Peter's 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Peter's Primary School?
If you live in St Peter's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Peter's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 0 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Peter's Primary School?
St Peter's Primary School is at Parsonage Road, Galashiels, Galashiels, TD1 3DS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)