Toronto Primary School, LIVINGSTON
Toronto Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Livingston.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Toronto Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Toronto 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.
Toronto Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 239 pupils, an average class size of 21.7 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
32% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 23.1% 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 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Toronto Primary School are Howden St Andrew's Primary School (0.1 miles), Harrysmuir Primary School (0.6 miles), Riverside Primary School (0.7 miles) and Peel Primary School (0.8 miles).
Howden St Andrew's Primary SchoolHarrysmuir Primary SchoolRiverside Primary SchoolPeel Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Livingston North Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Calgary Avenue (after), 170 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Toronto Primary School are St Margaret's Academy (0.5 miles), Inveralmond Community High School (0.5 miles), The James Young High School (0.9 miles) and Deans Community High School (1.7 miles).
St Margaret's AcademyInveralmond Community High SchoolThe James Young High SchoolDeans Community High 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 Toronto Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 1 serious and 5 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Toronto Primary School
What is the catchment area for Toronto Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Toronto 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 Toronto Primary School?
If you live in Toronto 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 Toronto 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, 1 serious and 5 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Toronto Primary School?
Toronto Primary School is at Toronto Avenue, Howden East, LIVINGSTON, LIVINGSTON, EH54 6BN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)