Stenton Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Stenton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stenton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Stenton 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 22 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 49% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Stenton Primary School are East Linton Primary School (2.7 miles), West Barns Primary School (3.3 miles) and Dunbar Primary School (4.3 miles).
East Linton Primary SchoolWest Barns Primary SchoolDunbar Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Linton, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (at), 150 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 Stenton Primary School in November 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Stenton Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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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Questions parents ask about Stenton Primary School
When was Stenton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Stenton Primary School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Stenton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stenton 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 Stenton Primary School?
If you live in Stenton 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 Stenton Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Stenton Primary School?
Stenton Primary School is at Stenton, Dunbar, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH42 1TE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)