Preston Street Primary School catchment area
Primary (non-denominational) catchment area, City of Edinburgh. Listings appear here as soon as they're published. Set an alert below.
Preston Street Primary School is a non-denominational primary catchment in the City of Edinburgh. Children in this catchment typically progress to James Gillespie's High School at secondary level. The catchment broadly covers Newington and Sciennes. Most of the catchment falls in postcode district EH9. Catchment determines priority for school admission, not a guarantee — confirm any specific address with the council before signing a lease.
Streets in Preston Street Primary School catchment
109 named streets fall inside the Preston Street Primary School catchment boundary, across Newington, Sciennes.
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Alfred Place · Argyle Place · Ascham Court · Bernard Terrace · Blacket Avenue · Blacket Place · Blackwood Crescent · Boroughloch · Bowmont Place · Buccleuch Place · Buccleuch Place Lane · Buccleuch Street · Buccleuch Terrace · Burgess Terrace · Cameron Park · Cameron Toll · Chapel Street · Charles Street · Charlesfield · Clerk Street · Cobden Crescent · Cobden Road · Cowan's Close · Craigmillar Park · Crawfurd Road · Crichton Street · Dalkeith Road · Dryden Place · Duddingston Low Road · Duncan Street · East Crosscauseway · East Mayfield · East Newington Place · East Parkside · East Preston Street · East Suffolk Road · Edinburgh Labyrinth · Forbes Street · George Square · George Square Lane · Gifford Park · Hamilton's Folly Mews · Hermits Croft · Holyrood Park Road · Hope Park Crescent · Hope Park Terrace · Howden Street · James Gall Wynd · Lothian Street · Lutton Place · Marchhall Crescent · Marchhall Place · Marchhall Road · Marshall Street · Mayfield Gardens · Mayfield Terrace · McLaren Road · Meadow Lane · Melville Drive · Mentone Gardens · Middle Meadow Walk · Middleby Street · Minto Street · Montague Street · New John's Place · Newington Road · Nicolson Street · North Meadow Walk · Oxford Street · Parkside Street · Parkside Terrace · Pavilion Crescent · Peel Terrace · Potterrow · Prestonfield Avenue · Prestonfield Crescent · Prestonfield Gardens · Priestfield Road · Priestfield Road North · Queen's Crescent · Queen's Drive · Rankeillor Street · Salisbury Place · Salisbury Road · South Clerk Street · South Gray Street · South Oxford Street · Spence Street · Spittalfield Crescent · St Leonard's Bank · St Leonard's Hill · St Leonard's Lane · St Leonard's Street · St Patrick Square · St Patrick Street · Summerhall · Summerhall Square · Terrars Croft · Teviot Place · Upper Gray Street · Ventnor Place · Ventnor Terrace · West Crosscauseway · West Mayfield · West Newington Place · West Nicolson Street · West Preston Street · West Richmond Street · Windmill Street
Derived from the council's catchment boundary and OpenStreetMap street data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). A street crossing the boundary is listed in both catchments — for an address right on the edge, confirm by full postcode at edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap.
Feeds into
Children in the Preston Street Primary School catchment typically progress to James Gillespie's High School at secondary level.
Heuristic: derived from catchment polygon overlap. Edinburgh feeder rules can vary at the boundary — confirm with the council.
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Common questions
Is living in Preston Street Primary School catchment guaranteed admission?
No — Edinburgh catchments give priority for admission, not a guarantee. Catchment children are placed first, but at oversubscribed schools even catchment children can be turned down after siblings and exceptional cases. Most primaries do place all catchment children; the council's official wording is that they cannot always guarantee a place at one of your catchment schools.
How do I confirm my address is in Preston Street Primary School catchment?
Check by full address — not just postcode — using the City of Edinburgh Council's interactive catchment map at edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap. Two flats on the same street can fall in different catchments, so always confirm before signing a lease. If you're cutting it close to a boundary, contact the council's school admissions team directly.
Which streets are in Preston Street Primary School catchment?
Streets in Preston Street Primary School catchment include Alfred Place, Argyle Place, Ascham Court, Bernard Terrace, Blacket Avenue, Blacket Place, Blackwood Crescent and Boroughloch — 109 streets in total, all listed on this page. The catchment covers Newington and Sciennes. Boundary lines can cut through individual streets, so for an address right on the edge confirm by full postcode at edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap.
Which secondary school does Preston Street Primary School feed into?
Children at Preston Street Primary School typically progress to James Gillespie's High School at secondary. Edinburgh's feeder relationships follow catchment overlap rather than formal partnership — each primary catchment sits within (or mostly within) one secondary catchment. Boundaries don't always align perfectly, so a placing request is sometimes needed for siblings to stay together at secondary.
Can I apply to Preston Street Primary School from outside the catchment?
Yes — out-of-catchment applications are called placing requests and are submitted to the council each year. Placing requests are considered only after all catchment children have been placed. For high-demand schools, placing requests from outside the catchment are usually unsuccessful in the most oversubscribed year groups. Apply via edinburgh.gov.uk/schools/school-placing-requests.
More on Edinburgh school catchments
- How Edinburgh's catchment system works — placing rules, priority order, and key dates.
- Edinburgh school catchments — every primary and secondary, grouped by region.
- Edinburgh catchment map — check any postcode or address.
- Rent in Newington, Sciennes .
- Secondary catchment: James Gillespie's High School.
Catchment information is based on Edinburgh Council boundaries and is correct to the best of our knowledge. Always confirm with the council before making decisions: edinburgh.gov.uk/catchmentmap