St Mary's RC Primary School, WEST CALDER
St Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Calder. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mary's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Mary's RC 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 165 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 8.4 pupils per teacher.
41% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 33% 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 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's RC Primary School are Parkhead Primary School (0.7 miles), Bellsquarry Primary School (1.2 miles), Seafield Primary School (1.8 miles) and Livingston Village Primary School (1.9 miles).
Parkhead Primary SchoolBellsquarry Primary SchoolSeafield Primary SchoolLivingston Village Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is West Calder Rail Station, about 1010 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Filling Station, 120 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 Mary's RC Primary School in June 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
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
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 Mary's RC Primary School
When was St Mary's RC Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mary's RC Primary School in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Mary's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mary's RC 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 Mary's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Mary's RC 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 Mary's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 Mary's RC Primary School?
St Mary's RC Primary School is at 10 Polbeth Road, Polbeth, WEST CALDER, WEST CALDER, EH55 8SR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)