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Kirkhope Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Ettrickbridge, By Selkirk TD7 5JJ · kirkhopeprimaryschool.co.uk · 01750 52231
Overview
- Pupils
- 38
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 20 places
- Teachers
- 2.3
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Average class size
- 19
- Additional support needs
- 17 pupils (45%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (29 pupils)
- P6 and older0% (0 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 (inspection, report published 21 August 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 5 (very good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 5 (very good); The curriculum 5 (very good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 21 Aug 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 5 · Very good |
| The curriculum | 5 · Very good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 21 May 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 20
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 4 · Good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |