Sciennes Primary School

[2] An extension is planned[3] Sciennes Primary School building was designed by Robert Wilson.

The playground at the front of the building was divided down the middle by a railing to keep boys and girls apart.

The playground has been landscaped to create an ‘outdoor classroom / garden’ and a safe area in the street.

[5] Windows in classrooms were designed to be high so that the outside world did not provide a distraction to pupils but large demonstrating the School Board's concern with the healthy effects of light and ventilation.

From 1914 the Education Board of the Edinburgh offered the school facilities for Hebrew classes for Jewish children in Edinburgh on weekday afternoons.