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Balmoral Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Balmoral Avenue, Galashiels TD1 1JJ · scotborders.gov.uk · 01896 753400
Overview
- Pupils
- 88
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 4.5
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
- Average class size
- 22
- Additional support needs
- 53 pupils (60%)
- English as an additional language
- 14 pupils (16%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (54 pupils)
- P6 and older38.2% (13 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 6%
- 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 18 January 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 18 Jan 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 Oct 2024
- 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 |