West Barns Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
West Barns Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
West Barns Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
West Barns 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.
West Barns Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 113 pupils, an average class size of 22.6 and 17.1 pupils per teacher.
34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 12.6% 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 good (A); the school was 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to West Barns Primary School are Dunbar Primary School (1 mile), Stenton Primary School (3.3 miles), East Linton Primary School (4.3 miles) and Innerwick Primary School (4.6 miles).
Dunbar Primary SchoolStenton Primary SchoolEast Linton Primary SchoolInnerwick Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunbar Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Brae (s-bound), 100 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find West Barns Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with West Barns Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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 West Barns Primary School
What is the catchment area for West Barns Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and West Barns 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to West Barns Primary School?
If you live in West Barns Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near West Barns 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, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is West Barns Primary School?
West Barns Primary School is at West Barns, Dunbar, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH42 1TZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)