West End Primary School, MORAY
West End Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
West End Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
West End 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 198 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 15.5 pupils per teacher.
22% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 77% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to West End Primary School are St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Greenwards Primary School (0.5 miles), Linkwood Primary School (0.6 miles) and East End Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolGreenwards Primary SchoolLinkwood Primary SchoolEast End Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Park Court (at), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to West End Primary School are Elgin Academy (0.6 miles) and Elgin High School (0.7 miles).
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 End Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about West End Primary School
What is the catchment area for West End Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and West End 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to West End Primary School?
If you live in West End Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near West End Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is West End Primary School?
West End Primary School is at Mayne Road, Elgin, MORAY, MORAY, IV30 1PA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)