Stobhill Primary School, Gorebridge
Stobhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Gorebridge.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stobhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Stobhill 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.
Stobhill 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 15.7 pupils per teacher.
17% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 19.4% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Stobhill Primary School are St Andrew's Primary School (0.2 miles), Gorebridge Primary School (0.4 miles), Gore Glen Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Luke's Primary School (1.6 miles).
St Andrew's Primary SchoolGorebridge Primary SchoolGore Glen Primary SchoolSt Luke's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gorebridge Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bonnybank Road (sw-bound), 40 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Stobhill Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 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 Stobhill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Stobhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stobhill 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 Midlothian. Midlothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Stobhill Primary School?
If you live in Stobhill Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Midlothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Midlothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Stobhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Stobhill Primary School?
Stobhill Primary School is at 1 Bonnybank Road, Gorebridge, Gorebridge, EH23 4DT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)