School Chooser

Deans Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational197 pupilsLivingstonWest 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 meals32%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support50%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas51%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll197Census September 2025

Deans Primary School is a council school in Livingston for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 197 pupils. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Deans South, Deans, LIVINGSTON, Livingston, EH54 8DB01506 411208deansprimary.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 Deans 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 roll197Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals32%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support50%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas51%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (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.
21P1
27P2
25P3
30P4
32P5
34P6
28P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 22822820222023: 22222220232024: 21621620242025: 20620620252026: 1971972026
Since 2022: -31
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll197206216222228
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals32.3%26.5%33.8%38.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)50.3%52.4%52.8%44.6%49.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11.2%12.6%10.6%11.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.313.214.113.615.116.415.5
Average class sizeAverage class size21.920.621.622.222.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.9Scotland 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
Meldrum Primary SchoolCouncil680 m141HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John Ogilvie Primary SchoolCouncil750 m323HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carmondean Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles290HMIE, no open dataCompare
Peel Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles340HMIE, no open dataCompare
Livingston Village Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles191HMIE, no open dataCompare
Harrysmuir Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles334HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightsridge Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles192HMIE, no open dataCompare
Boghall Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles252HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Deans Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Deans Primary School have?

197 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
Deans South, Deans, LIVINGSTON, Livingston, EH54 8DB
Telephone
01506 411208
Website
www.deansprimary.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
5507626
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from