Towerbank 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.
Towerbank Primary School is a non-denominational primary catchment in the City of Edinburgh. Children in this catchment typically progress to Portobello High School at secondary level. The catchment broadly covers Portobello and Joppa. Most of the catchment falls in postcode district EH15. Catchment determines priority for school admission, not a guarantee — confirm any specific address with the council before signing a lease.
Streets in Towerbank Primary School catchment
78 named streets fall inside the Towerbank Primary School catchment boundary, across Portobello, Joppa.
Show all 78 streets
Abercorn Terrace · Adelphi Grove · Adelphi Place · Aitchison's Place · Argyle Crescent · Bath Place · Bath Street · Beach Lane · Bedford Terrace · Bellfield Street · Brickfield · Bridge Street · Bridge Street Lane · Brighton Place · Brunstane Road · Brunstane Road North · Coillesdene Avenue · Coillesdene Crescent · Coillesdene Drive · Coillesdene Grove · Dalkeith Street · Elcho Terrace · Electra Place · Figgate Bank · Figgate Court · Figgate Lane · Figgate Street · Fishwives Causeway · Great Cannon Bank · Harbour Place · Harbour Road · Hillcoat Loan · Hillcoat Place · James Street · John Street · John Street Lane West · Joppa Gardens · Joppa Grove · Joppa Park · Joppa Road · Joppa Station Place · Joppa Terrace · King's Road · King's Terrace · Laing Terrace · Law Place · Marlborough Street · Mentone Avenue · Milton Drive · Morton Street · Mount Lodge Place · Musselburgh Road · New Tower Place · Pipe Lane · Pipe Street · Pittville Street · Pittville Street Lane · Portobello High Street · Ramsay Place · Rathbone Place · Regent Street · Rosefield Avenue · Seaview Crescent · Shrub Mount · Sir Harry Lauder Road · Spa Place · St Mark's Place · St Mary's Place · Straiton Place · The Pottery · Westbank Loan · Westbank Place · Westbank Street · Whins Place · William Jameson Place · Wilson's Park · Windsor Place · Woodside Terrace
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 Towerbank Primary School catchment typically progress to Portobello 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 Towerbank 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 Towerbank 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 Towerbank Primary School catchment?
Streets in Towerbank Primary School catchment include Abercorn Terrace, Adelphi Grove, Adelphi Place, Aitchison's Place, Argyle Crescent, Bath Place, Bath Street and Beach Lane — 78 streets in total, all listed on this page. The catchment covers Portobello and Joppa. 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 Towerbank Primary School feed into?
Children at Towerbank Primary School typically progress to Portobello 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 Towerbank 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 Portobello, Joppa .
- Secondary catchment: Portobello 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