Eddleston Primary Mothball Review Survey 2025

Overview

Eddleston Primary School was mothballed in 2022 as the numbers attending dropped to a very low level, necessitating a temporary mothballing of the school in the hope that demand for the school may increase to allow it to reopen.

As part of the review of mothballed status, Scottish Borders Council is committed to an annual survey of parents of primary school age and pre -school aged children ( including babies and toddlers) in the Eddleston Primary School catchment area to assess the viability of the primary school being reinstated.

We also wish community views from those in the Eddleston area about the school and how to increase the demand and viability of the school. 

Why your views matter

To feed into this process, we would like to ask you to complete the following survey. This survey was developed in collaboration with Eddleston Community Council.

Please provide a little information about who you are, where you live, how we can contact you and what schools or ELC settings you currently use to enable us to have a full understanding as to the current situation of parents and carers living in the Eddleston Catchment area.  If any of the questions are not relevant to you please leave them blank and move to the next queston. 

Community responders who are not current parents or carers within the Eddleston catchment area are still able to contribute ideas and comments to increase demand and viability of the school. 

If you enter your email address then you will automatically receive an acknowledgement email when you submit your response.Your email address will be added to SBC's list for future correspondence and updates regarding this review only. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose.

The information you have provided will be processed by Scottish Borders Council, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SA.  You can contact the Council on 0300 100 1800 or customerservices@scotborders.gov.uk.The Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted using the contact details for the Council as set out above or by email at dataprotection@scotborders.gov.uk We will use your information to assess the numbers of children in the catchment and to obtain ideas, comments and suggestions about the mothballed school. The Council is collecting and using this information to keep respondents up to date with the Eddleston Mothball status review and to assess the viability of the primary school being reinstated   The information you have provided will be retained for the duration of the review only.