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Broxburn Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational317 pupilsBroxburnWest 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 meals26%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support33%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.4Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll317Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Broxburn Primary School is a council school in Broxburn for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 317 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

School Lane, Off West Main Street, BROXBURN, Broxburn, EH52 5RP01506 852018broxburnprimary.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 Broxburn 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 roll317Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support33%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%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 3 (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.
48P1
41P2
43P3
39P4
36P5
50P6
60P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 37737720222023: 34134120232024: 33133120242025: 33033020252026: 3173172026
Since 2022: -60
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll317330331341377
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals25.5%20.0%20.4%14.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)33.1%19.4%21.5%19.6%8.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.3%6.7%4.5%5.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.616.115.515.416.318.718.8
Average class sizeAverage class size24.425.423.624.425.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers23.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.4Scotland 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
St Nicholas Primary SchoolCouncil70 m383HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirkhill Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles220HMIE, no open dataCompare
Uphall Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles189HMIE, no open dataCompare
Winchburgh Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles436HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPSCouncil1.9 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holy Family Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles225HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hawkhill Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles92HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightsridge Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles192HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Broxburn Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Broxburn Primary School have?

317 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
School Lane, Off West Main Street, BROXBURN, Broxburn, EH52 5RP
Telephone
01506 852018
Website
www.broxburnprimary.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
Other urban areas
SEED code
5506026
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from