Rowanfield Special School
Rowanfield Special School is a council school in Edinburgh for boys and girls. It has 57 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.
67c Groathill Road North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2SA0131 343 6116rowanfieldschool.comAll 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 Rowanfield Special 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 Edinburgh City council, not the school.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the school has changed
| Year | 2025/26 | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 57 | 53 | 41 | 42 | 40 | – | – |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | 45.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | – | – | – |
| Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | – | – | – |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 10.5% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
Staff
From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferryhill Primary School | Council | 190 m | 296 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Oaklands School | Council | 690 m | 61 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Craigroyston Primary School | Council | 910 m | 309 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Blackhall Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 364 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Forthview Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 385 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Pirniehall Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 238 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| St David's RC Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 339 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Davidson's Mains Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 481 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Rowanfield Special School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Rowanfield Special School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.
How many pupils does Rowanfield Special School have?
57 pupils 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
- 67c Groathill Road North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2SA
- Telephone
- 0131 343 6116
- Website
- rowanfieldschool.com
- Type of school
- Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Special school
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Non-denominational
- Local authority
- Edinburgh City
- Setting
- Large urban areas
- SEED code
- 5502640
- [email protected]
Where these figures come from
- School details: Scottish Government school contact details (publicly funded schools), refreshed monthly (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Roll, free school meals, support needs, staffing and class sizes: Scottish Government school level summary statistics, pupil and teacher census of September 2025.
- Neighbourhood deprivation: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 postcode lookup.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.