Windyknowe Primary School, WEST LOTHIAN
Windyknowe Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Lothian.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Windyknowe Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Windyknowe 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.
Windyknowe Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 324 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 16.5 pupils per teacher.
18% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 18% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 18% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 17.1% 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 Windyknowe Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (0.7 miles), Balbardie Primary School (1.2 miles), Southdale Primary School (1.3 miles) and St Anthony's Primary School (1.4 miles).
St Mary's Primary SchoolBalbardie Primary SchoolSouthdale Primary SchoolSt Anthony's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bathgate Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Weir Drive (opposite), 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 Windyknowe Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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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Questions parents ask about Windyknowe Primary School
What is the catchment area for Windyknowe Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Windyknowe 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 Windyknowe Primary School?
If you live in Windyknowe 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 Windyknowe 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, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 West Lothian is 4 (the median across 88 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Windyknowe Primary School?
Windyknowe Primary School is at Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate, WEST LOTHIAN, WEST LOTHIAN, EH48 2BT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)