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Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational184 pupilsWest 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 support45%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll184Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS is a council school in Pumpherston for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 184 pupils. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

37 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, WEST LOTHIAN, Pumpherston, EH53 0LF01506 208995puscps.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 Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS.

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 roll184Census 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 support45%Additional support needs
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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
22P1
28P2
31P3
27P4
23P5
33P6
20P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 19419420222023: 19719720232024: 19319320242025: 19219220252026: 1841842026
Since 2022: -10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll184192193197194
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals32.1%22.7%18.9%25.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)45.1%50.0%44.0%38.1%26.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.9%9.3%7.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.213.014.313.416.414.217.6
Average class sizeAverage class size23.024.024.124.624.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers12.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.0Scotland 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
Letham Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles148HMIE, no open dataCompare
Riverside Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles187HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightsridge Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles192HMIE, no open dataCompare
Harrysmuir Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles334HMIE, no open dataCompare
Howden St Andrew's Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles267HMIE, no open dataCompare
Toronto Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles239HMIE, no open dataCompare
East Calder Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles364HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mid Calder Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS have?

184 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
37 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, WEST LOTHIAN, Pumpherston, EH53 0LF
Telephone
01506 208995
Website
www.puscps.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
5500028
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from