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St Anthony's Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic190 pupilsArmadaleWest 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 getting extra support30%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas20%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll190Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

St Anthony's Primary School is a council school in Armadale for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 190 pupils. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

South Street, Armadale, WEST LOTHIAN, Armadale, EH48 3EU01501 731668stanthonysprimary.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 St Anthony's 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 roll190Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English10%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas20%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (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
29P2
28P3
29P4
32P5
22P6
29P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 19819820222023: 20320320232024: 19519520242025: 18918920252026: 1901902026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll190189195203198
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18.0%18.6%17.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)29.5%21.2%29.7%36.5%38.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.5%14.3%19.0%18.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.012.915.615.713.816.520.1
Average class sizeAverage class size23.821.021.722.622.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.8Scotland 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
Armadale Primary SchoolCouncil270 m290HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastertoun Primary SchoolCouncil740 m272HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southdale Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles275HMIE, no open dataCompare
Windyknowe Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles324HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles315HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westfield Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles41HMIE, no open dataCompare
Whitdale Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles298HMIE, no open dataCompare
Polkemmet Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles158HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Anthony's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Anthony's Primary School have?

190 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
South Street, Armadale, WEST LOTHIAN, Armadale, EH48 3EU
Telephone
01501 731668
Website
www.stanthonysprimary.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
Roman Catholic
Local authority
West Lothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5504821
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from