West Linton Primary School, PEEBLESSHIRE
West Linton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Peeblesshire.
- Attendance
- 96.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
West Linton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
West Linton 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 Linton Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 197 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 96.2% in 2024/25, and 7.6% 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 55% full.
West Linton Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "West Linton Primary School is a rural primary school in the Tweeddale Learning Community of Scottish Borders Council. Our school building opened in October 2013 and sits in the heart of the beautiful village of West Linton. The school’s catchment area extends beyond the village incorporating outlying areas and including the village of Carlops and parts of Dolphinton."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of West Linton Primary School.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gordon Arms Hotel (at), 80 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 Linton Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with West Linton Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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 Linton Primary School
What is the catchment area for West Linton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and West Linton 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to West Linton Primary School?
If you live in West Linton Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near West Linton Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is West Linton Primary School?
West Linton Primary School is at School Brae, West Linton, PEEBLESSHIRE, PEEBLESSHIRE, EH46 7DU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)