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Bonnyrigg Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational403 pupilsBonnyriggMidlothian
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals10%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher19.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll403Census September 2025

Bonnyrigg Primary School is a council school in Bonnyrigg for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 403 pupils. About 10 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Cockpen Road, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg, EH19 3HR0131 271 4570bonnyrigg.mgfl.netAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Bonnyrigg Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Midlothian council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll403Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals10%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas23%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
51P1
52P2
57P3
59P4
61P5
59P6
64P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 41041020222023: 40940920232024: 42242220242025: 41541520252026: 4034032026
Since 2022: -7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll403415422409410
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals9.8%8.0%5.8%7.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)22.8%16.4%16.8%17.6%15.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.5%1.9%3.1%1.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio19.020.620.320.020.119.220.2
Average class sizeAverage class size26.927.728.127.327.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers21.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher19.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Burnbrae Primary SchoolCouncil810 m423HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil970 m181HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lasswade Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles330HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hawthornden Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newtongrange Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles349HMIE, no open dataCompare
Easthouses Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles79HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mayfield Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles241HMIE, no open dataCompare
King's Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles481HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Bonnyrigg Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Bonnyrigg Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Bonnyrigg Primary School have?

403 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Cockpen Road, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg, EH19 3HR
Telephone
0131 271 4570
Website
bonnyrigg.mgfl.net
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Midlothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5542022
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from