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Melrose Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational295 pupilsScottish Borders
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 getting extra support46%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll295Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Melrose Primary School is a council school in Melrose for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 295 pupils.

Huntly Road, Melrose, ROXBURGHSHIRE, Melrose, TD6 9SB01896 822103melroseprimaryschool.org.ukAll 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 Melrose 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 Scottish Borders council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll295Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support46%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
26P1
38P2
40P3
44P4
45P5
41P6
61P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29829820222023: 31731720232024: 32732720242025: 31431420252026: 2952952026
Since 2022: -3
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll295314327317298
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)46.4%43.6%37.0%41.0%33.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.1%3.2%3.1%2.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.117.118.418.417.617.718.5
Average class sizeAverage class size24.624.225.226.424.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.6Scotland 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
Tweedbank Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles182HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlee Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles172HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newtown Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles93HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Burgh Primary SchoolCouncil3.5 miles179HMIE, no open dataCompare
Earlston Primary SchoolCouncil3.5 miles173HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)Council3.6 miles123HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Boswells Primary SchoolCouncil3.8 miles159HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Melrose Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Melrose Primary School have?

295 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
Huntly Road, Melrose, ROXBURGHSHIRE, Melrose, TD6 9SB
Telephone
01896 822103
Website
www.melroseprimaryschool.org.uk
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
Scottish Borders
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5620120
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from