St John The Baptist Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
St John The Baptist Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John The Baptist Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St John The Baptist 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.
St John The Baptist Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 168 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 15.1 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.4% in 2024/25, and 37.2% 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 82% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St John The Baptist Primary School are Falla Hill Primary School (0.2 miles), Longridge Primary School (1.5 miles), Woodmuir Primary School (2 miles) and St Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn) (2.2 miles).
Falla Hill Primary SchoolLongridge Primary SchoolWoodmuir Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Fauldhouse Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (after), 70 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St John The Baptist Primary School in November 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementexcellent
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
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
- 5
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
2 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 St John The Baptist Primary School
When was St John The Baptist Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St John The Baptist Primary School in November 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as excellent, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St John The Baptist Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John The Baptist 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 St John The Baptist Primary School?
If you live in St John The Baptist 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 St John The Baptist 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: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 2 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 St John The Baptist Primary School?
St John The Baptist Primary School is at Lanrigg Avenue, Fauldhouse, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 9JR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)