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James Gillespie's Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh EH9 1BD · jamesgillespiesprimary.co.uk · 0131 447 1014
Overview
- Pupils
- 475
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 21.1
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
- Average class size
- 29.7
- Additional support needs
- 116 pupils (24%)
- English as an additional language
- 83 pupils (17%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (285 pupils)
- P6 and older5.3% (10 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 3%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (inspection, report published 24 June 2014) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 5 (very good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 24 Jun 2014
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 20 May 2019
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 6 · Excellent |