Dedridge Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
Dedridge Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dedridge Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dedridge 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 142 pupils, an average class size of 14.2 and 8.3 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 26.7% 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 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dedridge Primary School are St Ninian's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Bankton Primary School (0.3 miles), Williamston Primary School (0.6 miles) and Mid Calder Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Ninian's Primary SchoolBankton Primary SchoolWilliamston Primary SchoolMid Calder Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Livingston South Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (opposite), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Dedridge Primary School are The James Young High School (0.7 miles), St Margaret's Academy (1 mile) and Inveralmond Community High School (1.4 miles).
The James Young High SchoolSt Margaret's AcademyInveralmond Community High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dedridge Primary School in October 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching, and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Dedridge Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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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Dedridge Primary School
Questions parents ask about Dedridge Primary School
When was Dedridge Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dedridge Primary School in October 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching, and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dedridge Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dedridge 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 Dedridge Primary School?
If you live in Dedridge 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 Dedridge Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Dedridge Primary School?
Dedridge Primary School is at Dedridge East, Livingston, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH54 6JQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)