Edinburgh primary schools ranked best to worst in newly announced league table

Scotland's best and worst performing primary schools have been revealed, according to data gathered by The Times.

As students from all levels of education begin their next year of learning this week, after a seven-week summer holiday, and are hoping to return to some form of normality after the coronavirus pandemic put a halt to their studies.

These figures, newly published for the 2021/22 academic year, rank where every primary school in Scotland is, comparing all forms of teaching from reading and writing to listening, talking and numeracy.

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It is the first time primary performance has been presented school by school since Scottish ministers began collecting these scores five years ago.

Edinburgh's primary schools do not enter the table until 11th place, as Pentland Primary School claimed that spot with a 29 percentage of their pupils coming from a deprived background.

Edinburgh doesn't appear in the top 50 schools until Sciennes Primary School, sitting at 40th place with a rating of four per cent of their children in deprived areas of the city.

Stockbridge is not far behind in 45th place, with just two per cent of its pupils in deprived areas of Edinburgh.

And the last primary school in the capital in the top 50 is Bruntsfield, coming in at bang on 50th place, with none of the pupils at this school hailing from underprivileged backgrounds.

Only two of Edinburgh's primary school's fall into the bottom 50 percentile of the worst schools in the table, with Niddrie Mill Primary School sitting at 1178th place, and a whopping 90% of it's pupils coming from deprived backgrounds.

The other school in the bottom of the league is Craigroyston Primary School, at 1177th place and with the same percentage of deprived pupils.

Listed below is all of the Edinburgh primary schools, with ratings of numeracy, reading, writing, listening and talking.

School

Council

Total score

Listening & Talking

Numeracy

Reading

Writing

Pupil Roll

% Deprived

Canal View Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	95	85	85	352	84
Carrick Knowe Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	95	75	85	85	330	14
Castleview Primary School	Edinburgh City	280	85	55	75	65	361	95
Clermiston Primary School	Edinburgh City	320	85	75	85	75	456	42
Clovenstone Primary School	Edinburgh City	260	75	55	65	65	237	88
Colinton Primary School	Edinburgh City	290	75	65	75	75	176	11
Corstorphine Primary School	Edinburgh City	370	95	95	95	85	546	3
Craigentinny Primary School	Edinburgh City	250	65	75	55	55	271	70
Craiglockhart Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	343	6
Craigour Park Primary	Edinburgh City	300	85	75	75	65	484	80

Abbeyhill Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	160	34
Balgreen Primary School	Edinburgh City	370	95	85	95	95	355	51
Blackhall Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	420	4
Bonaly Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	409	1
Broomhouse Primary School	Edinburgh City	300	85	75	75	65	208	80
Broughton Primary School	Edinburgh City	320	85	75	85	75	350	34
Brunstane Primary School	Edinburgh City	280	85	65	65	65	240	78
Bruntsfield Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	620	0
Buckstone Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	444	0
Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary)	Edinburgh City	350	95	75	95	85	418	24

Craigroyston Primary School	Edinburgh City	180	35	25	65	55	291	90
Cramond Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	407	0
Currie Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	95	75	85	85	518	0
Dalmeny Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	75	0
Dalry Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	260	26
Davidson's Mains Primary School	Edinburgh City	370	95	95	95	85	534	9
Dean Park Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	477	0
Duddingston Primary School	Edinburgh City	330	95	75	75	85	368	20
East Craigs Primary School	Edinburgh City	300	75	75	75	75	424	17
Echline Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	307	5

Ferryhill Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	352	98
Flora Stevenson Primary	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	574	14
Forthview Primary School	Edinburgh City	300	75	75	75	75	413	96
Fox Covert Primary School	Edinburgh City	330	85	85	85	75	285	9
Gilmerton Primary School	Edinburgh City	260	65	65	65	65	456	60
Gracemount Primary School	Edinburgh City	250	65	65	65	55	508	70
Granton Primary School	Edinburgh City	260	85	55	65	55	484	76
Gylemuir Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	95	75	517	0
Hermitage Park Primary School	Edinburgh City	270	75	65	65	65	317	42
Holy Cross RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	95	75	85	85	258	35

James Gillespie's Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	619	0
Juniper Green Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	401	5
Kirkliston Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	95	85	85	645	0
Leith Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	85	85	85	85	337	58
Leith Walk Primary School	Edinburgh City	250	65	65	65	55	242	26
Liberton Primary School	Edinburgh City	320	85	75	85	75	438	63
Longstone Primary School	Edinburgh City	330	85	75	85	85	247	45
Lorne Primary School	Edinburgh City	290	75	75	75	65	196	53
Murrayburn Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	371	29
Nether Currie Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	174	9

Newcraighall Primary School	Edinburgh City	270	75	65	75	55	183	14
Niddrie Mill Primary School	Edinburgh City	180	45	55	45	35	304	90
Oxgangs Primary School	Edinburgh City	310	85	75	85	65	340	23
Parsons Green Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	85	95	306	25
Pentland Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	455	29
Pirniehall Primary School	Edinburgh City	310	95	75	75	65	286	88
Preston Street Primary School	Edinburgh City	300	75	75	75	75	279	14
Prestonfield Primary School	Edinburgh City	310	75	75	85	75	187	74
Queensferry Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	477	6
Ratho Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	85	85	85	85	277	3

Roseburn Primary School	Edinburgh City	320	95	75	75	75	242	8
Royal Mile Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	168	70
Sciennes Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	640	4
Sighthill Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	95	75	85	85	251	90
South Morningside Primary School	Edinburgh City	370	95	85	95	95	644	0
St Andrew's Fox Covert RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	148	40
St Catherine's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	250	75	55	85	35	210	73
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	85	95	95	75	187	19
St David's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	220	65	55	55	45	313	88
St Francis' RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	260	55	75	65	65	253	94

St John Vianney RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	300	75	75	75	75	231	74
St John's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	373	33
St Joseph's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	323	76
St Margaret's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	0	0	0	0	0	94	10
St Mark's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	370	95	95	95	85	154	52
St Mary's RC Primary School (Edinburgh)	Edinburgh City	330	85	85	85	75	312	13
St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)	Edinburgh City	280	75	65	75	65	308	54
St Ninian's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	270	65	75	65	65	239	64
St Peter's RC Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	85	85	85	85	368	5
Stenhouse Primary School	Edinburgh City	290	85	65	75	65	338	86

Stockbridge Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	243	2
The Royal High Primary School	Edinburgh City	330	95	85	85	65	310	19
Tollcross Primary School	Edinburgh City	380	95	95	95	95	271	17
Towerbank Primary School	Edinburgh City	360	95	85	95	85	594	15
Trinity Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	85	85	85	85	580	38
Victoria Primary School	Edinburgh City	340	95	85	85	75	292	30
Wardie Primary School	Edinburgh City	350	95	85	85	85	477	10

Calls are being made for greater scrutiny on primary schools with claims one in four kids go to high school with a poor understanding of reading, writing and numbers.

A quarter of primary sevens fell below the required standard in writing and numeracy, and around one in five failed to meet the grade in reading, listening and talking.

A Scottish government spokeswoman said: “Data from 2018-19 shows that the percentage of P7 pupils achieving the appropriate Curriculum for Excellence level stood at 86 per cent in listening and talking, 80 per cent in reading, 74 per cent in writing and 76 per cent in numeracy.

“In providing nationally consistent, objective and comparable information, Scottish National Standardised Assessments can provide a helpful additional source of information for teachers when considering children’s progress.

“The assessment approach places teacher professional judgment at the heart of the process. Teachers work most closely with children and are best placed to judge how well they are progressing.”

The spokeswoman added: “The Scottish government does not produce school league tables to measure performance and never will.”