Harrysmuir Primary School, LIVINGSTON
Harrysmuir Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Livingston.
- Attendance
- 89.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Harrysmuir Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Harrysmuir 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 334 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 12.8 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
41% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.2% in 2024/25, and 38.2% 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 79% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Harrysmuir Primary School are Knightsridge Primary School (0.5 miles), Toronto Primary School (0.6 miles), Peel Primary School (0.7 miles) and Howden St Andrew's Primary School (0.7 miles).
Knightsridge Primary SchoolToronto Primary SchoolPeel Primary SchoolHowden St Andrew's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Livingston North Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Willowbank (at), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Harrysmuir Primary School are Inveralmond Community High School (0.1 miles), St Margaret's Academy (0.8 miles), Deans Community High School (1.2 miles) and The James Young High School (1.4 miles).
Inveralmond Community High SchoolSt Margaret's AcademyDeans Community High SchoolThe James Young 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 Harrysmuir Primary School in January 2026.
- 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 Harrysmuir Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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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Harrysmuir Primary School
Questions parents ask about Harrysmuir Primary School
When was Harrysmuir Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Harrysmuir Primary School in January 2026. 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 Harrysmuir Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Harrysmuir 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 Harrysmuir Primary School?
If you live in Harrysmuir 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 Harrysmuir Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Harrysmuir Primary School?
Harrysmuir Primary School is at Willowbank, Ladywell, LIVINGSTON, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6HN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)