Linlithgow Academy, WEST LOTHIAN

Linlithgow Academy 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 1223 pupils and 15.3 pupils per teacher.

7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.

3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 52% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 24.1% 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 90% full.

98% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 98% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Linlithgow Academy are Bo'ness Academy (2.7 miles), Grangemouth High School (4.5 miles) and Deans Community High School (5.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Linlithgow Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Linlithgow Academy (at), 140 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Linlithgow Academy are Linlithgow Primary School (0.1 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (Linlithgow) (0.1 miles), Linlithgow Bridge Primary School (0.6 miles) and Low Port Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; West Lothian publishes both.