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Meldrum Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational141 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 meals37%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support31%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas21%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll141Census September 2025

Meldrum Primary School is a council school in Livingston for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 141 pupils. About 37 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Westwood Park, Deans, LIVINGSTON, Livingston, EH54 8NW01506 280990meldrumprimary.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 Meldrum 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 roll141Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals37%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support31%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English12%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas21%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas24%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (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.
13P1
16P2
15P3
28P4
18P5
24P6
27P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 16716720222023: 18118120232024: 17117120242025: 15715720252026: 1411412026
Since 2022: -26
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll141157171181167
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals37.3%20.4%14.5%12.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)31.2%26.8%25.7%23.2%18.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language12.1%5.7%8.8%6.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.015.014.914.613.915.817.3
Average class sizeAverage class size20.122.424.422.623.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 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 John Ogilvie Primary SchoolCouncil630 m323HMIE, no open dataCompare
Deans Primary SchoolCouncil680 m197HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carmondean Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles290HMIE, no open dataCompare
Peel Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles340HMIE, no open dataCompare
Livingston Village Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles191HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightsridge Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles192HMIE, no open dataCompare
Harrysmuir Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles334HMIE, no open dataCompare
Boghall Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles252HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Meldrum Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Meldrum Primary School have?

141 pupils aged 4 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
Westwood Park, Deans, LIVINGSTON, Livingston, EH54 8NW
Telephone
01506 280990
Website
www.meldrumprimary.westlothian.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Lothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5511623
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from