Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Our Lady Of Lourdes 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 146 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 11.2 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 82% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 33% speak English as an additional language.
58% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 37.7% 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 86% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School are Blackburn Primary School (0.2 miles), Murrayfield Primary School (0.3 miles), Simpson Primary School (0.9 miles) and Seafield Primary School (1.5 miles).
Blackburn Primary SchoolMurrayfield Primary SchoolSimpson Primary SchoolSeafield Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bathgate Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mosside Road (opposite), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School are St Kentigern's Academy (0.4 miles) and Bathgate Academy (1.7 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 2 serious and 8 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 Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School
What is the catchment area for Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady Of Lourdes 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 Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School?
If you live in Our Lady Of Lourdes 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 Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 2 serious and 8 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 Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School?
Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School is at Hopefield Road, Blackburn, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 7HZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)