Williamston Primary School, LIVINGSTON
Williamston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Livingston.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Williamston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Williamston 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.
Williamston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 409 pupils, an average class size of 27.3 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 78% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 14.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Williamston Primary School are Bankton Primary School (0.4 miles), St Ninian's Primary School (0.5 miles), Dedridge Primary School (0.6 miles) and Bellsquarry Primary School (1.1 miles).
Bankton Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Primary SchoolDedridge Primary SchoolBellsquarry Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Livingston South Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bankton Lane (opposite), 240 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Williamston Primary School are The James Young High School (0.6 miles) and St Margaret's Academy (1.2 miles).
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 Williamston Primary School in December 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
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 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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Williamston Primary School
Questions parents ask about Williamston Primary School
When was Williamston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Williamston Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Williamston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Williamston 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 Williamston Primary School?
If you live in Williamston 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 Williamston 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 West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Williamston Primary School?
Williamston Primary School is at Bankton Lane, Murieston, LIVINGSTON, LIVINGSTON, EH54 9DQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)