St Kentigern's Academy, WEST LOTHIAN
St Kentigern's Academy is a secondary school for pupils in West Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 87.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Kentigern's Academy in detail
School in Scotland
St Kentigern's Academy 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 1065 pupils and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
28% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 41.8% 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 72% full.
98% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
St Kentigern's Academy in its own words
In its own words: "The School Values Team has been raising awareness of the importance of core values within the school community recently. We aspire to provide an education of the highest quality for all young people in our school community in order that they may achieve their fullest potential academically, personally and spiritually."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St Kentigern's Academy are Whitburn Academy (1.7 miles), Bathgate Academy (2.1 miles), West Calder High School (3.2 miles) and Armadale Academy (3.5 miles).
Whitburn AcademyBathgate AcademyWest Calder High SchoolArmadale Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bathgate Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Kentigerns Academy (at), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Kentigern's Academy are Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School (0.4 miles), Blackburn Primary School (0.5 miles), Murrayfield Primary School (0.7 miles) and Simpson Primary School (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; West Lothian publishes both.
Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary SchoolBlackburn Primary SchoolMurrayfield Primary SchoolSimpson Primary School
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 St Kentigern's Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
St. Kentigern's Academy is a Roman Catholic, comprehensive school in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Kentigern's Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about St Kentigern's Academy
What is the catchment area for St Kentigern's Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Kentigern's Academy 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 Kentigern's Academy?
If you live in St Kentigern's Academy'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 Kentigern's Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Kentigern's Academy?
St Kentigern's Academy is at West Main Street, Blackburn, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 7LX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)