Armadale Academy, WEST LOTHIAN

Armadale Academy 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.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 1192 pupils and 14.6 pupils per teacher.

16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 85.6% in 2024/25, and 42.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 95% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Armadale Academy are Whitburn Academy (2.3 miles), St Kentigern's Academy (3.5 miles) and Bathgate Academy (3.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Armadale Railway Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Avondale Drive (after), 260 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Armadale Academy are Eastertoun Primary School (0.3 miles), Armadale Primary School (0.5 miles), St Anthony's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Southdale Primary School (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; West Lothian publishes both.