The Royal High Primary School, Edinburgh
The Royal High Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
The Royal High Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
The Royal High 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.
The Royal High Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 260 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 18.2 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 42% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 10.6% 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 62% full.
The Royal High Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At The Royal High Primary School, our vision is to be a caring and nurturing community where everyone can learn, grow, and achieve success in their own way. Every member of The Royal High Primary School community supports each other to: Our values are fundamental to how we build relationships and plan learning."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include gymnastics, drama and cheerleading.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to The Royal High Primary School are Craigentinny Primary School (0.4 miles), Parsons Green Primary School (0.5 miles), St Ninian's RC Primary School (0.5 miles) and Duddingston Primary School (0.6 miles).
Craigentinny Primary SchoolParsons Green Primary SchoolSt Ninian's RC Primary SchoolDuddingston Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Balfour Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Royal High Primary (opposite), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to The Royal High Primary School are Holy Rood RC High School (1 mile), Portobello High School (1.3 miles), Leith Academy (1.3 miles) and Castlebrae Community High School (1.5 miles).
Holy Rood RC High SchoolPortobello High SchoolLeith AcademyCastlebrae Community High School
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 The Royal High 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 23
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 16 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
5 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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 The Royal High Primary School
What is the catchment area for The Royal High Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and The Royal High 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to The Royal High Primary School?
If you live in The Royal High Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near The Royal High Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 23 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 16 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 5 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Royal High Primary School?
The Royal High Primary School is at 61 Northfield Broadway, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 7RX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)