Yarrow Primary School, SELKIRKSHIRE
Yarrow Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Selkirkshire.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Yarrow Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Yarrow 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 21 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 15 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 60% full.
Yarrow Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Yarrow Primary School is shown by the red marker on the map and Kirkhope Primary School is shown in purple. Yarrow Primary is a small rural school situated 11 miles from Selkirk in the beautiful Yarrow Valley within the hamlet of Yarrow Feus. Surrounded by scenic countryside and rolling hills."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Yarrow Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Yarrow Primary School
What is the catchment area for Yarrow Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Yarrow 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Yarrow Primary School?
If you live in Yarrow Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Yarrow Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Yarrow Primary School?
Yarrow Primary School is at Yarrow, By Selkirk, SELKIRKSHIRE, SELKIRKSHIRE, TD7 5NE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)