Windygoul Primary School, EAST LOTHIAN
Windygoul Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Windygoul Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Windygoul 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.
Windygoul Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 518 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 16 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 19.8% 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 good (A); the school was 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Windygoul Primary School are St Martin's RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (0.7 miles), Blindwells Primary School (1.3 miles) and Preston Tower Primary School (1.5 miles).
St Martin's RC Primary SchoolSanderson's Wynd Primary SchoolBlindwells Primary SchoolPreston Tower Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Toll House Grove (opposite), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Windygoul Primary School are Ross High School (0.4 miles) and Preston Lodge High School (1.6 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 Windygoul Primary School in August 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
Keep up with Windygoul Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 3
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, 0 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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 Windygoul Primary School
When was Windygoul Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Windygoul Primary School in August 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 Windygoul Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Windygoul 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 Windygoul Primary School?
If you live in Windygoul 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 Windygoul 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, 0 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Windygoul Primary School?
Windygoul Primary School is at Brotherstones Way South, Tranent, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH33 2QF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)