Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith))

Education Scotland judged Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith))'s quality indicator as Good (4 of 6) at its inspection in April 2025, on Education Scotland's own scale.

Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) has 321 pupils on roll.

Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) is located in EH6 7JG, Edinburgh.

In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to Edinburgh Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.

Yes — Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

When Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the catchment area — Children living within a school's catchment area are given priority for a place. Every address has one non-denominational and one Roman Catholic catchment school at primary and at secondary; a few addresses have two non-denominational catchment schools, and the child may choose either. The Council aims to give P1 and S1 pupils a place at one of their catchment schools when they apply by 24 December of the year before they start, with satisfactory proof of residence, and still live at that address when the session begins. A non-catchment placing request succeeds only if places are left once every child living in the catchment area has a place and reserved places are kept back within the agreed intake limit; no extra classes are formed for non-catchment children; 2. Roman Catholic schools: baptised catchment children first — Roman Catholic schools are open to all children regardless of faith. When a Roman Catholic school is oversubscribed with catchment children, priority goes to baptised Roman Catholic children from the catchment whose parents have handed in the baptismal certificate by 24 December of the year before they start. No extra classes are formed for other children once every baptised Roman Catholic child can be placed; a child who cannot be offered a place keeps a reserved place at their non-denominational catchment school. Tie-break: Where a category holds more than one placing request, each child's shortest, safest walking distance from home to the nearest school gate is measured on an electronic mapping system; within each category, children living closer to the school rank above those living further away. Roman Catholic schools rank their waiting list in eight categories: baptised catchment children; exceptional catchment children; catchment children with older siblings; other catchment children; then four non-catchment categories.

According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 34% of pupils at Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) are recorded as White Other. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.