Prestonpans area
Four primary schools fall within Preston Lodge High's catchment area: Cockenzie, Longniddry, Preston Tower, and St Gabriel's RC.
On this page you can read information on the condition, suitability and capacity of each of the schools in the Prestonpans area. Our map shows our existing council buildings and school locations within the centre of Prestonpans.
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Learn more about our definitions of condition, suitability and capacity and what each rating means.
School information
Preston Lodge High School
Preston Lodge High has been on its current site since 1969 with a number of extensions and refurbishments in the intervening period including a refurbishment under a PPP arrangement in 2005 and remedial works in 2023-24 to address issues associated with Reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in the building, which are now resolved. Preston Lodge offers 53 classrooms across all curricular areas, three workshops, three kitchens, 11 science labs, three gyms, a library, 11 small classroom / seminar rooms, 11 staff bases, staff room and offices.
Condition: B
Suitability: B
Capacity: 94.7%
Blindwells Primary School
Under development, due to open August 2025. More information.
Cockenzie Primary School
Cockenzie Primary School was opened in May 1967. The school is built over two wings with a modern extension added in later years housing the nursery, nurture room and learning support classroom. The school has generous accommodation including a dining room, assembly hall, gym hall, a library and two general purpose rooms.
Condition: B
Suitability: C
Capacity: 65.1%
Longniddry Primary School
Longniddry Primary School opened in 1931 and has since been extended and refurbished. It contains 10 classroom spaces, a library, general purpose room, music room and an art room, as well as a sports hall, dining room, meeting room and offices.
Condition: B
Suitability: B
Capacity: 56.7%
Preston Tower Primary School
Preston Tower Primary School is set across two campuses: West Loan and Preston Road. Along with the classrooms both campuses have a large sports hall and a dining hall. Preston Road also contains a library, meeting room and general purpose room, while West Loan has a community room within it. Both campuses benefit from large school grounds for learning and play.
West Loan
Condition: C
Suitability: B
Capacity: 61.8%
Preston Road
Condition: B
Suitability: B
Capacity: 82.9%
St Gabriel’s RC Primary School
St Gabriel’s Primary School was built in 1967. The main building houses classrooms for P1 to P7, a Gym Hall and stage area, Dining Room and Serving Area, kitchen, Nurture Room and a Library. An extension added in 2006 holds a nursery, learning support room and a staffroom. Recent works saw construction of two new primary classroom spaces and internal alterations to expand the capacity of the existing nursery.
Condition: B
Suitability: A
Capacity: 50.4%
School running costs
The cost of running the school for the financial year is divided by the number of pupils. It includes staff costs, school resources, building costs including gas, electricity, water and rates and other costs including cleaning, catering, refuse collection and transport. It represents the operational costs only - all children and young people receive their statutory learning entitlement. Read more about school running costs.
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School |
Operational costs per pupil 23/24 |
Operational costs per pupil 24/25 |
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Preston Lodge High School |
£8,394 |
£8,870 |
|
Cockenzie Primary School |
£5,793 |
£6,375 |
|
Longniddry Primary School |
£6,781 |
£6,774 |
|
Preston Tower Primary School |
£5,781 |
£6,333 |
|
St Gabriel’s RC Primary School |
£6,148 |
£7,337 |
|
East Lothian Primary School average |
£8,758 |
£8,096 |
|
East Lothian Secondary School average |
£7,393 |
£7,822 |
School roll projections
School roll projections are trends-based forecasts and take into a wide range of evidence. They provide a best estimate of what the size of each relevant pupil population will be in the future when particular assumptions are made on the existing population and school rolls. Find out more about how we estimate future school rolls.
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2024 |
2029 |
2034 |
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Preston Lodge High School |
1068 |
1049 |
1118 |
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Blindwells Primary School |
18 |
319 |
449 |
|
Cockenzie Primary School |
309 |
267 |
248 |
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Longniddry Primary School |
181 |
254 |
270 |
|
Preston Tower Primary School |
692 |
622 |
578 |
|
St Gabriel’s RC Primary School |
133 |
121 |
147 |
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