St Nicholas Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
St Nicholas Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Nicholas Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Nicholas 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 Nicholas Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 383 pupils, an average class size of 25.5 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 32% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 17.3% 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 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Nicholas Primary School are Broxburn Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Kirkhill Primary School (0.8 miles), Uphall Primary School (1.2 miles) and Winchburgh Primary School (1.5 miles).
Broxburn Primary SchoolKirkhill Primary SchoolUphall Primary SchoolWinchburgh Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uphall Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (opposite), 90 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 Nicholas Primary School in April 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 13 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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.
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Questions parents ask about St Nicholas Primary School
When was St Nicholas Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Nicholas Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Nicholas Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Nicholas 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 Nicholas Primary School?
If you live in St Nicholas 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 Nicholas Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 13 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Nicholas Primary School?
St Nicholas Primary School is at 189B West Main Street, Broxburn, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH52 5RH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)