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Armadale Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,192 pupilsArmadaleWest Lothian
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals16%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support50%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher14.6Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,192Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Armadale Academy is a council school in Armadale for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,192 pupils. About 16 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

West Main Street, Armadale, WEST LOTHIAN, Armadale, EH48 3LY01506 282145armadaleacademy.westlothian.org.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Armadale Academy.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through West Lothian council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,192Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals16%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support50%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas13%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
226S1
218S2
224S3
236S4
185S5
103S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,1101,11020222023: 1,1501,15020232024: 1,1571,15720242025: 1,1691,16920252026: 1,1921,1922026
Since 2022: +82
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,1921,1691,1571,1501,110
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals15.9%16.9%16.9%15.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)49.7%38.2%35.4%32.6%30.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.7%1.6%1.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.614.114.014.414.414.414.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers81.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.6Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Whitburn AcademyCouncil2.3 miles891HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Kentigern's AcademyCouncil3.5 miles1,065HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bathgate AcademyCouncil3.9 miles1,216HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Armadale Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Armadale Academy yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Armadale Academy have?

1,192 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
West Main Street, Armadale, WEST LOTHIAN, Armadale, EH48 3LY
Telephone
01506 282145
Website
www.armadaleacademy.westlothian.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Lothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5509238
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from