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Blackridge Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational132 pupilsWest 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 meals36%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support60%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher11.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll132Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Blackridge Primary School is a council school in Blackridge for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 132 pupils. About 36 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Main Street, Blackridge, WEST LOTHIAN, Blackridge, EH48 3RJ01501 751223blackridgeprimary.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 Blackridge Primary School.

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 roll132Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals36%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support60%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
18P1
19P2
14P3
18P4
18P5
22P6
23P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 14714720222023: 14114120232024: 12712720242025: 13213220252026: 1321322026
Since 2022: -15
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll132132127141147
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals35.6%31.7%34.2%37.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)59.8%39.4%37.8%34.8%39.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.3%7.6%7.1%3.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.311.211.812.814.013.114.9
Average class sizeAverage class size18.918.918.120.121.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers11.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.9Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Alexander Peden PrimaryCouncil1.9 miles142HMIE, no open dataCompare
Greenrigg Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles113HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastertoun Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles272HMIE, no open dataCompare
Armadale Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles290HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Anthony's Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southdale Primary SchoolCouncil3.2 miles275HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn)Council3.4 miles210HMIE, no open dataCompare
Polkemmet Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles158HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Blackridge Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Blackridge Primary School have?

132 pupils aged 3 to 11 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
Main Street, Blackridge, WEST LOTHIAN, Blackridge, EH48 3RJ
Telephone
01501 751223
Website
www.blackridgeprimary.westlothian.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Lothian
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5505828
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from