Inveralmond Community High School, LIVINGSTON
Inveralmond Community High School is a secondary school for pupils in Livingston.
- Attendance
- 84.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Inveralmond Community High School in detail
School in Scotland
Inveralmond Community High 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 958 pupils and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
29% 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.
28% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 84.3% in 2024/25, and 41.6% 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 good (A); the school was 69% full.
91% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Inveralmond Community High School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "As a comprehensive school, at Inveralmond Community High School we aim to ensure that all our young people develop the knowledge, skills, attributes and capabilities to help prepare them for the future."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include basketball, dance, choir and art.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Inveralmond Community High School are St Margaret's Academy (0.7 miles), Deans Community High School (1.2 miles), The James Young High School (1.3 miles) and Broxburn Academy (2.8 miles).
St Margaret's AcademyDeans Community High SchoolThe James Young High SchoolBroxburn Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Livingston North Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Inveralmond High School (at), 20 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Inveralmond Community High School are Harrysmuir Primary School (0.1 miles), Toronto Primary School (0.5 miles), Knightsridge Primary School (0.6 miles) and Peel Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; West Lothian publishes both.
Harrysmuir Primary SchoolToronto Primary SchoolKnightsridge Primary SchoolPeel Primary 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 Inveralmond Community High School in May 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Inveralmond Community High School is a six-year, mixed comprehensive school in Ladywell, Livingston. It serves six primary schools in its catchment area: Harrysmuir Primary, Livingston Village Primary, Toronto Primary, Riverside Primary, Peel Primary and Letham Primary.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 14
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 7 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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Questions parents ask about Inveralmond Community High School
When was Inveralmond Community High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Inveralmond Community High School in May 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Inveralmond Community High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Inveralmond Community High 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 Inveralmond Community High School?
If you live in Inveralmond Community High 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 Inveralmond Community High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 7 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 Inveralmond Community High School?
Inveralmond Community High School is at Willowbank, Ladywell, LIVINGSTON, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6HW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)