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Paradykes Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Mayburn Avenue, Loanhead EH20 9HB · paradykes.midlothian.education · 0131 271 4650
On the mapSearch near EH20 9HB
Overview
- Pupils
- 351
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Midlothian
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 50 places
- Teachers
- 18.9
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Average class size
- 25.1
- Additional support needs
- 129 pupils (37%)
- English as an additional language
- 9 pupils (3%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (250 pupils)
- P6 and older14.9% (15 pupils)
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 22 January 2019) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 3 (satisfactory); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 22 Jan 2019
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 3 Apr 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 50
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? | 5 · Very good |