Maybury Primary School was officially opened on Friday 5 September at a special ceremony led by Cllr James Dalgleish, the City of Edinburgh Council’s Education, Children and Families Convenor.
Located in the west of Edinburgh, the school welcomed its first Primary 1 pupils in January 2025. It offers places for up to 630 school-aged children, along with space for 124 children in its early learning and childcare setting.
Maybury is the first primary school in Edinburgh to share a campus with a medical centre — Barclay Medical Practice — forming part of the new Maybury Community Hub. Delivered for the Council by Morrison Construction and designed by Architype, the building meets Passivhaus standards for energy efficiency.
With sustainability, inclusivity, and flexibility at its core, Maybury Primary School supports The City of Edinburgh Council’s 2030 net-zero goals by significantly reducing the building’s energy consumption. The school incorporates modern, flexible, and creative learning spaces with open-plan and agile classrooms, double height atrium voids featuring artwork and facilities that can be shared with the community such as the sports hall and activity studios.
The new primary school is part of the ‘Maybury Community Hub’ which will maximise the use of its buildings, allowing local residents to access services close to where they live in line with the ’20 minute neighbourhood’ strategy.
“It’s important that all our schools and early years settings offer the best possible learning environment for our children and young people, and the new Maybury primary school has been designed with learners’ needs at its heart. The building itself is designed to be fit for the future, with innovative and sustainable design features that meet the needs of pupils and staff, offers facilities that benefit the wider community and supports our net-zero commitment. It is a pleasure to officially ‘open’ the school and to see pupils and school staff really making the most of the school environment.”
Councillor James Dalgleish, Education, Children and Families Convener
“It has been fantastic to see our pupils and staff alike settling in and enjoying the new state of the art school environment. The new building sets us up to provide high quality teaching and enriching school experience for all our learners.”
Susan Imrie, Head Teacher at Maybury Primary School
“We are proud to have delivered Maybury Primary School in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council. Designed to Passivhaus standards, the school combines sustainability with innovative learning spaces that will benefit both pupils and the wider community for generations to come, and we are delighted to see the school already making such a positive impact.”
David Wilson, Operations Director for Morrison Construction’s Building Central business
