Whitecraig Primary School, MUSSELBURGH EAST LOTHIAN
Whitecraig Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Musselburgh East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Whitecraig Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Whitecraig 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.
Whitecraig Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 117 pupils, an average class size of 16.7 and 13.4 pupils per teacher.
47% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 22.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Whitecraig Primary School are Craighall Primary School (1 mile), Woodburn Primary School (1.2 miles), Pinkie St Peter's Primary School (1.6 miles) and Musselburgh Burgh Primary School (1.6 miles).
Craighall Primary SchoolWoodburn Primary SchoolPinkie St Peter's Primary SchoolMusselburgh Burgh Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Musselburgh Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cowpits Road, 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Whitecraig Primary School are Dalkeith High School (1.2 miles), St David's RC High School (1.2 miles) and Musselburgh Grammar School (1.5 miles).
Dalkeith High SchoolSt David's RC High SchoolMusselburgh Grammar 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 Whitecraig Primary School in January 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 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 Whitecraig Primary School
When was Whitecraig Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Whitecraig Primary School in January 2022.
What is the catchment area for Whitecraig Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Whitecraig 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 Whitecraig Primary School?
If you live in Whitecraig 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 Whitecraig 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: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Whitecraig Primary School?
Whitecraig Primary School is at 111 Whitecraig Road, Whitecraig, MUSSELBURGH EAST LOTHIAN, MUSSELBURGH EAST LOTHIAN, EH21 8XA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)