Kirkhill Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
Kirkhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.
- Attendance
- 89.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkhill 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 220 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 15.4 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 5% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.8% in 2024/25, and 31.1% 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 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kirkhill Primary School are Uphall Primary School (0.5 miles), Broxburn Primary School (0.8 miles), St Nicholas Primary School (0.8 miles) and Winchburgh Primary School (1.7 miles).
Uphall Primary SchoolBroxburn Primary SchoolSt Nicholas Primary SchoolWinchburgh Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uphall Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkhill Primary School (opposite), 80 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkhill Primary School in January 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Kirkhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 3 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kirkhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kirkhill Primary School
When was Kirkhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkhill Primary School in January 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kirkhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
If you live in Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill 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, 3 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
Kirkhill Primary School is at Rashierig Road, Broxburn, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH52 6AW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)