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West End Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational198 pupilsElginMoray
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 meals22%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support22%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll198Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

West End Primary School is a council school in Elgin for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 198 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Mayne Road, Elgin, MORAY, Elgin, IV30 1PA01343 543161blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/westendprimaryAll 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 West End 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 Moray council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll198Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals22%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support22%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
29P1
37P2
21P3
25P4
26P5
29P6
31P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 18618620222023: 19119120232024: 18518520242025: 20120120252026: 1981982026
Since 2022: +12
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll198201185191186
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals21.7%7.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)22.2%24.9%31.9%26.2%32.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.6%15.4%9.2%9.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.517.516.515.716.017.819.0
Average class sizeAverage class size24.825.123.123.923.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers12.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 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
St Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolCouncil720 m115HMIE, no open dataCompare
Greenwards Primary SchoolCouncil760 m320HMIE, no open dataCompare
East End Primary SchoolCouncil990 m166HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linkwood Primary SchoolCouncil990 m246HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bishopmill Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles400HMIE, no open dataCompare
New Elgin Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles367HMIE, no open dataCompare
Seafield Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles335HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mosstowie Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles67HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is West End Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does West End Primary School have?

198 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
Mayne Road, Elgin, MORAY, Elgin, IV30 1PA
Telephone
01343 543161
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/westendprimary
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
Moray
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5201225
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from