Calderwood Primary School, EAST CALDER
Calderwood Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Calder.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Calderwood Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Calderwood 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.
Calderwood Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 617 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
8% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 1% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 13.7% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Calderwood Primary School are St Paul's Primary School (0.6 miles), East Calder Primary School (1 mile), Kirknewton Primary School (1.3 miles) and Letham Primary School (1.9 miles).
St Paul's Primary SchoolEast Calder Primary SchoolKirknewton Primary SchoolLetham Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirknewton Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Adam Drive (after), 60 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 Calderwood Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Calderwood Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 Calderwood Primary School
What is the catchment area for Calderwood Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calderwood 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 Calderwood Primary School?
If you live in Calderwood 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 Calderwood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 Calderwood Primary School?
Calderwood Primary School is at Nethershiel Road, EAST CALDER, EAST CALDER, EH53 0GU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)