Sciennes 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.
Sciennes 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 Marchmont. 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 Sciennes Primary School catchment
88 named streets fall inside the Sciennes Primary School catchment boundary, across Marchmont.
Show all 88 streets
Argyle Place · Beaufort Road · Blackford Avenue · Bright's Crescent · Causewayside · Chalmers Crescent · Craigmillar Park · Cumin Place · Dalrymple Crescent · Dick Place · Duncan Street · East Champanyie · East Savile Road · East Sciennes Street · Esslemont Road · Findhorn Place · Fingal Place · Fountainhall Road · Gilmour Road · Gladstone Terrace · Glenorchy Terrace · Gordon Terrace · Granby Road · Grange Crescent · Grange Loan · Grange Road · Hatton Place · Hope Park Crescent · Hope Park Terrace · James Gall Wynd · Langton Road · Lauder Road · Livingstone Place · Lussielaw Road · Lygon Road · Macdowall Road · Mansionhouse Road · Mayfield Gardens · Mayfield Road · Melville Drive · Melville Terrace · Mentone Gardens · Mentone Terrace · Millerfield Place · Moncrieff Terrace · Moston Terrace · Peel Terrace · Rankin Avenue · Rankin Drive · Rankin Road · Ratcliffe Terrace · Relugas Gardens · Relugas Place · Relugas Road · Rillbank Crescent · Rillbank Terrace · Ross Gardens · Ross Place · Salisbury Place · Savile Place · Savile Terrace · Sciennes · Sciennes Gardens · Sciennes Hill Place · Sciennes House Place · Sciennes Place · Sciennes Road · Seton Place · South Gray Street · South Lauder Road · St Alban's Road · St Catherine's Place · St Thomas Road · Suffolk Road · Summerhall · Summerhall Place · Summerhall Square · Sylvan Place · Tantallon Place · Watertoun Road · West Mains Road · West Mayfield · West Powburn · West Preston Street · West Savile Gardens · West Savile Road · West Savile Terrace · Wilton Road
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 Sciennes 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 Sciennes 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 Sciennes 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 Sciennes Primary School catchment?
Streets in Sciennes Primary School catchment include Argyle Place, Beaufort Road, Blackford Avenue, Bright's Crescent, Causewayside, Chalmers Crescent, Craigmillar Park and Cumin Place — 88 streets in total, all listed on this page. The catchment covers Marchmont. 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 Sciennes Primary School feed into?
Children at Sciennes 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 Sciennes 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 Marchmont .
- 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