School Chooser

Greenwards Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational320 pupilsElginMoray
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 meals26%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support22%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll320Census September 2025

Greenwards Primary School is a council school in Elgin for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 320 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Edgar Road, New Elgin, ELGIN, Elgin, IV30 6UQ01343 541661blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/GreenwardsAll 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 Greenwards 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 Moray council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll320Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support22%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas11%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (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.
41P1
44P2
42P3
47P4
46P5
45P6
55P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 34634620222023: 32832820232024: 32632620242025: 32932920252026: 3203202026
Since 2022: -26
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll320329326328346
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals26.0%10.1%7.1%8.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)21.6%24.9%30.4%28.4%25.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.9%4.0%3.4%4.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.814.715.113.815.315.818.0
Average class sizeAverage class size26.725.325.123.424.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.7Scotland 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
West End Primary SchoolCouncil760 m198HMIE, no open dataCompare
New Elgin Primary SchoolCouncil980 m367HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles115HMIE, no open dataCompare
East End Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles166HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linkwood Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles246HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bishopmill Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles400HMIE, no open dataCompare
Seafield Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles335HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mosstowie Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles67HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Greenwards Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Greenwards Primary School have?

320 pupils aged 4 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
Edgar Road, New Elgin, ELGIN, Elgin, IV30 6UQ
Telephone
01343 541661
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/Greenwards
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Moray
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5209927
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from