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Windyknowe Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational324 pupilsBathgateWest 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 meals18%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support18%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas6%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll324Census September 2025

Windyknowe Primary School is a council school in Bathgate for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 324 pupils. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate, WEST LOTHIAN, Bathgate, EH48 2BT01506 652083windyknoweprimary.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 Windyknowe 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 roll324Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals18%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support18%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas6%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas18%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (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.
39P1
24P2
50P3
46P4
44P5
58P6
63P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 39639620222023: 37737720232024: 36036020242025: 33233220252026: 3243242026
Since 2022: -72
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll324332360377396
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18.2%15.9%11.7%12.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)18.2%16.6%15.6%16.7%7.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.5%3.9%4.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.515.916.819.019.617.917.3
Average class sizeAverage class size24.923.724.025.126.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.9Scotland 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 Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles315HMIE, no open dataCompare
Balbardie Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles327HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southdale Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles275HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Anthony's Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Simpson Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles546HMIE, no open dataCompare
Armadale Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles290HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastertoun Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles272HMIE, no open dataCompare
Blackburn Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles97HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Windyknowe Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Windyknowe Primary School have?

324 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
Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate, WEST LOTHIAN, Bathgate, EH48 2BT
Telephone
01506 652083
Website
www.windyknoweprimary.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
5505429
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from