Tollcross Primary School, Edinburgh
Tollcross Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tollcross Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tollcross 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.
Tollcross Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 207 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.
22% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 43% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 13.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tollcross Primary School are Bruntsfield Primary School (0.4 miles), James Gillespie's Primary School (0.6 miles), Dalry Primary School (0.6 miles) and Sciennes Primary School (0.8 miles).
Bruntsfield Primary SchoolJames Gillespie's Primary SchoolDalry Primary SchoolSciennes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Port Hamilton (near), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Tollcross Primary School are St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (0.2 miles), Boroughmuir High School (0.3 miles), James Gillespie's High School (0.5 miles) and Tynecastle High School (0.9 miles).
St Thomas Of Aquin's High SchoolBoroughmuir High SchoolJames Gillespie's High SchoolTynecastle 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tollcross Primary School in March 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.
About
Tollcross Primary School is a mixed non-denominational primary school on Fountainbridge near Tollcross in Edinburgh.
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 77
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 21
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 77 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 21 serious and 56 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
17 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 Tollcross Primary School
When was Tollcross Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tollcross Primary School in March 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 Tollcross Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tollcross 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 Tollcross Primary School?
If you live in Tollcross 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 Tollcross Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 77 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 21 serious and 56 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 17 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 Tollcross Primary School?
Tollcross Primary School is at 117 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9QG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)