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Longridge Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Longridge Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.

Attendance
93.4%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Longridge Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Longridge 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.

Longridge Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 77 pupils, an average class size of 15.4 and 9.6 pupils per teacher.

65% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 22.8% 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 63% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Longridge Primary School are Croftmalloch Primary School (1.2 miles), Polkemmet Primary School (1.3 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn) (1.3 miles) and Whitdale Primary School (1.4 miles).

Croftmalloch Primary SchoolPolkemmet Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn)Whitdale Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Breich Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fauldhouse Road (before), 150 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:West Lothian
Phone:01501 770208
Address:School Road, Longridge, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 8AG
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Longridge Primary School in June 2025.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
  • 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.

URN:5507723

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Fauldhouse Road (before)
151m · 2 min walk
Rashierigg Place (after)
182m · 3 min walk
Northfield Terrace (at)
237m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
5
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.

0 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

Questions parents ask about Longridge Primary School

When was Longridge Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Longridge Primary School in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Longridge Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Longridge 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 Longridge Primary School?

If you live in Longridge 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 Longridge Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 0 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 Longridge Primary School?

Longridge Primary School is at School Road, Longridge, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 8AG.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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