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East Calder Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational364 pupilsEast CalderWest 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 meals17%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support39%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll364Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

East Calder Primary School is a council school in East Calder for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 364 pupils. About 16 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

9 Langton Road, East Calder, WEST LOTHIAN, East Calder, EH53 0BL01506 880810eastcalderprimary.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 East Calder 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 roll364Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals17%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support39%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English10%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
59P1
49P2
52P3
59P4
54P5
46P6
45P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29129120222023: 28928920232024: 28628620242025: 33333320252026: 3643642026
Since 2022: +73
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll364333286289291
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals16.5%14.8%21.6%17.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)38.7%36.0%42.7%23.5%25.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language10.4%6.3%8.0%3.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.415.114.214.614.318.217.6
Average class sizeAverage class size24.323.822.022.222.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers23.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.3Scotland 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 Paul's Primary SchoolCouncil780 m159HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mid Calder Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
Calderwood Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles617HMIE, no open dataCompare
Letham Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles148HMIE, no open dataCompare
Riverside Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles187HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dedridge Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles142HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles246HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPSCouncil1.6 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is East Calder Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does East Calder Primary School have?

364 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
9 Langton Road, East Calder, WEST LOTHIAN, East Calder, EH53 0BL
Telephone
01506 880810
Website
www.eastcalderprimary.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 small towns
SEED code
5500524
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from