Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS, WEST LOTHIAN
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.
- Attendance
- 91.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS in detail
School in Scotland
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS 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.
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 184 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
32% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 91.3% in 2024/25, and 34.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS are Letham Primary School (0.7 miles), Riverside Primary School (0.9 miles), Knightsridge Primary School (1.1 miles) and Harrysmuir Primary School (1.2 miles).
Letham Primary SchoolRiverside Primary SchoolKnightsridge Primary SchoolHarrysmuir Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uphall Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drumshoreland Road (before), 190 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS
What is the catchment area for Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS 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 Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS?
If you live in Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS'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 Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS?
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, 2 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS?
Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS is at 37 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH53 0LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)