Stoneyburn Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
Stoneyburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stoneyburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Stoneyburn 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.
Stoneyburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 83 pupils, an average class size of 16.6 and 9.5 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.2% 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 56% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Stoneyburn Primary School are Our Lady's Primary School (0.3 miles), Addiewell Primary School (0.5 miles), St Thomas' Primary School (0.5 miles) and Woodmuir Primary School (1.7 miles).
Our Lady's Primary SchoolAddiewell Primary SchoolSt Thomas' Primary SchoolWoodmuir Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Addiewell Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stoneyburn Workshops (at), 40 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 Stoneyburn Primary School in April 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Stoneyburn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
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.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Stoneyburn Primary School
Questions parents ask about Stoneyburn Primary School
When was Stoneyburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Stoneyburn Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Stoneyburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stoneyburn 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 Stoneyburn Primary School?
If you live in Stoneyburn 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 Stoneyburn Primary School?
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. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 Stoneyburn Primary School?
Stoneyburn Primary School is at 2 Main Street, Stoneyburn, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH47 8BA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)