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St David's RC Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Lauder Road, Dalkeith EH22 2PU · stdavidsps.midlothian.education · 0131 271 4675
On the mapSearch near EH22 2PU
Overview
- Pupils
- 179
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Midlothian
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 9.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
- Average class size
- 25.6
- Additional support needs
- 82 pupils (46%)
- English as an additional language
- 36 pupils (20%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (124 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 15%
- 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 30 August 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 30 Aug 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 21 Nov 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |