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Winchburgh Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational243 pupilsWinchburghWest 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 meals12%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support54%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher9.1Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll243Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Winchburgh Academy is a council school in Winchburgh for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 243 pupils. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Linlithgow Road, WINCHBURGH, Winchburgh, EH52 6FY01506 280440winchburghacademy.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 Winchburgh Academy.

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 roll243Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals12%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support54%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English12%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size.
60S1
59S2
56S3
68S4
Trend
Pupils on roll
2023 to 2026
2023: 535320232024: 11011020242025: 16516520252026: 2432432026
Since 2023: +190
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/23
Pupils on roll24316511053
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals12.3%7.9%9.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)54.3%46.1%46.4%37.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language12.3%4.8%5.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio9.18.28.97.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers26.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher9.1Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Sinclair AcademyCouncil0 m281HMIE, no open dataCompare
Broxburn AcademyCouncil1.8 miles819HMIE, no open dataCompare
Queensferry Community High SchoolCouncil4.0 miles1,282HMIE, no open dataCompare
Inveralmond Community High SchoolCouncil4.6 miles958HMIE, no open dataCompare
Deans Community High SchoolCouncil4.7 miles975HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Winchburgh Academy a good school?

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

How many pupils does Winchburgh Academy have?

243 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
Linlithgow Road, WINCHBURGH, Winchburgh, EH52 6FY
Telephone
01506 280440
Website
winchburghacademy.westlothian.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
West Lothian
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
1005979
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from