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Linlithgow Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational340 pupilsLinlithgowWest 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 meals13%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas5%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll340Census September 2025

Linlithgow Primary School is a council school in Linlithgow for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 340 pupils. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Preston Road, Linlithgow, WEST LOTHIAN, Linlithgow, EH49 6HB01506 842686linlithgowprimary.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 Linlithgow 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 roll340Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals13%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas5%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas39%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (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.
42P1
43P2
37P3
42P4
56P5
58P6
62P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 39039020222023: 36136120232024: 35035020242025: 34634620252026: 3403402026
Since 2022: -50
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll340346350361390
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals13.3%12.1%10.5%13.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)22.6%22.5%18.3%19.7%36.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.1%4.0%4.0%4.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.519.218.616.317.317.719.9
Average class sizeAverage class size26.226.626.925.826.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.2Scotland 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 Joseph's Primary School (Linlithgow)Council0 m92HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linlithgow Bridge Primary SchoolCouncil960 m158HMIE, no open dataCompare
Low Port Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
Springfield Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles276HMIE, no open dataCompare
Whitecross Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles48HMIE, no open dataCompare
Deanburn Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles223HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinneil Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles235HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles145HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Linlithgow Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Linlithgow Primary School have?

340 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
Preston Road, Linlithgow, WEST LOTHIAN, Linlithgow, EH49 6HB
Telephone
01506 842686
Website
www.linlithgowprimary.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
5507227
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from