Southdale Primary School, ARMADALE
Southdale Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Armadale.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Southdale Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Southdale 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.
Southdale Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 275 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
6% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 28% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 8.4% 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 101% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Southdale Primary School are St Anthony's Primary School (0.7 miles), Armadale Primary School (0.9 miles), Eastertoun Primary School (1.1 miles) and Windyknowe Primary School (1.3 miles).
St Anthony's Primary SchoolArmadale Primary SchoolEastertoun Primary SchoolWindyknowe Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Armadale (W Lothian) Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Asda (at), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Southdale Primary School are Armadale Academy (1.1 miles) and Whitburn Academy (1.3 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 Southdale Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Southdale Primary School
Questions parents ask about Southdale Primary School
What is the catchment area for Southdale Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Southdale 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 Southdale Primary School?
If you live in Southdale 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 Southdale 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, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 Southdale Primary School?
Southdale Primary School is at Southdale Way, ARMADALE, ARMADALE, EH48 3PR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)