School Catch
Coverage across Scotland

Find the right school
Know the catchment

Drop in a postcode. We'll show you nearby schools, their catchments and show you the surrounding options on one map.

EdinburghGlasgowAberdeenDundee
INSIDE THE PRODUCT

One screen. Every answer.

Type a postcode and the map fills with every school that wants your child: the one whose catchment your address sits inside, plus the ones just over the line.

schoolcatch.co.scot / exploreEH8 8DX
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500m
12 RANKEILLOR ST · EH8 8DX
IN CATCHMENT · ROYAL HIGH PRIMARY
  1. 01
    Your address
    One pin. The exact spot the boundary actually cares about.
  2. 02
    The catchment
    Drawn straight from the Spatial Hub. Not a 2018 PDF.
  3. 03
    Neighbouring schools
    Numbered, ranked by distance from you, never hidden.

SCHOOL CATCH EXPLORE · EDINBURGH · LIVE AT SCHOOLCATCH.CO.SCOT

Open the explorer
A NATIONAL INDEX

From the Borders to the islands.

Every state school in Scotland, mapped against the catchment polygon its council actually publishes.

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Publicly funded schools
Primary, secondary and special
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Catchment polygons
Drawn from the Spatial Hub
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Local authorities
All of Scotland by Q4
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY

Everything you'd ask the school. On one page.

Catchment tells you which classroom your child walks into. We tell you what happens inside it: the roll, the rating, the routes home.

01CATCHMENT BOUNDARY

The exact line your council draws.

GeoJSON polygons published by every Scottish local authority. Cross-checked quarterly.

EH8 8DX · CITY OF EDINBURGH
02SCHOOL TYPE

Primary, secondary, denominational. Co-ed or not.

The basics, stated plainly. No marketing language, no ambiguity.

PrimaryAges 4–11Co-edNon-denom.
03ROLL & INTAKE

How big the school is. How big P1 was last year.

Pulled from Scottish Government school census. Five-year history per school.

230pupils32 in P1 · 2025
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04INSPECTION RATINGS

Education Scotland's verdict in their own words.

Four dimensions, four ratings, linked to the original HMIE report.

EDUCATION SCOTLAND · MAR 2024
  • Learning & teaching
    GOOD
  • Attainment
    VERY GOOD
  • Leadership of change
    GOOD
  • Wellbeing & inclusion
    GOOD
05GETTING THERE

Every bus, train and walk-time to the school gate.

Bus services that call within five minutes' walk. Trains. Cycle routes.

  • Service 35, 26, X25
    Restalrig Rd
    3 min
  • Brunstane
    ScotRail
    8 min
  • Edinburgh Tram
    Picardy Place
    14 min
06DIRECT LINKS

Council admissions, school site, contact, one click.

We don't trap you in the app. The links you'd Google next are right there.

  • City of Edinburgh
    /admissions/primary-2026
  • Royal High Primary
    royalhighprimary.edin.sch.uk
  • HMIE Report (PDF)
    education.gov.scot · Mar 24
For Partners

The same data, embedded where decisions get made.

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FOR ESTATE AGENTS

Catchment on every listing. One widget.

Drop it once. Buyers see which schools a property sits inside before they pick up the phone.

3-bed terraced · EH8 8DX

£465,000 · Offers over

IN CATCHMENTRoyal High Primary· 0.4 mi
See the listing widget
FOR SCHOOLS

Replace the admissions PDF with a live map.

Parents check eligibility against your actual catchment before they email the office. Yours, branded, embeddable.

ROYAL HIGH PRIMARY
CHECK YOUR ADDRESS
See the school widget

Find your school.

One postcode. Every Scottish school it sits inside. The map you wished you'd had three years ago.

2,445 SCHOOLS INDEXED32 LOCAL AUTHORITIESUPDATED Quarterly