Addiewell Primary School, WEST CALDER
Addiewell Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Calder.
- Attendance
- 90.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Addiewell Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Addiewell Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Addiewell Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 109 pupils, an average class size of 18.2 and 11.4 pupils per teacher.
51% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 30.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Addiewell Primary School are St Thomas' Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Stoneyburn Primary School (0.5 miles), Our Lady's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Woodmuir Primary School (1.8 miles).
St Thomas' Primary SchoolStoneyburn Primary SchoolOur Lady's Primary SchoolWoodmuir Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Addiewell Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 50 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Addiewell Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Addiewell Primary School
What is the catchment area for Addiewell Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Addiewell Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to West Lothian. West Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Addiewell Primary School?
If you live in Addiewell Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Addiewell Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Addiewell Primary School?
Addiewell Primary School is at Church Street, Addiewell, WEST CALDER, WEST CALDER, EH55 8PG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)