Woodburn Primary School, Dalkeith
Woodburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dalkeith.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Woodburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Woodburn 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.
Woodburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 654 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
12% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 15.7% 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 89% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Woodburn Primary School are St David's RC Primary School (1 mile), Whitecraig Primary School (1.2 miles), King's Park Primary School (1.2 miles) and Craighall Primary School (1.7 miles).
St David's RC Primary SchoolWhitecraig Primary SchoolKing's Park Primary SchoolCraighall Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Eskbank Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Schools Campus (stance 1), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Woodburn Primary School are Dalkeith High School (under 0.1 miles) and St David's RC High School (under 0.1 miles).
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 Woodburn Primary School in April 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
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 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 Woodburn Primary School
When was Woodburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Woodburn Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Woodburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodburn 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 Woodburn Primary School?
If you live in Woodburn 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 Woodburn 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 Midlothian is 3 (the median across 39 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Woodburn Primary School?
Woodburn Primary School is at 5 Cousland Road, Dalkeith, Dalkeith, EH22 2PS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)