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Loanhead Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
34 Edgefield Road, Loanhead EH20 9DY · loanhead.midlothian.education · 0131 271 4625
On the mapSearch near EH20 9DY
Overview
- Pupils
- 156
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Midlothian
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 14.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.6
- Average class size
- 22.3
- Additional support needs
- 36 pupils (23%)
- English as an additional language
- 12 pupils (8%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (100 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 4%
- 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 (full inspection, report published 24 March 2020) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 3 (satisfactory); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 24 Mar 2020
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 3 · Satisfactory |
Previously: inspection, Oct 2008
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Oct 2008Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 5 · Very good Improvement through self-evaluation 4 · Good
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 12 Jun 2018
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |