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Melrose Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Huntly Road, Melrose, ROXBURGHSHIRE TD6 9SB · 01896 822103
Overview
- Pupils
- 295
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 54 places
- Teachers
- 16.3
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Average class size
- 24.6
- Additional support needs
- 137 pupils (46%)
- English as an additional language
- 15 pupils (5%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (193 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 24 April 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 2 (weak); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 24 Apr 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 2 · Weak |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 19 Dec 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 54
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? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |