Woodmuir Primary School, WEST CALDER
Woodmuir Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Calder.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Woodmuir Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Woodmuir 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 17 pupils, an average class size of 17 and 7.1 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 59% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 34% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Woodmuir Primary School are Our Lady's Primary School (1.4 miles), Longridge Primary School (1.4 miles), Stoneyburn Primary School (1.7 miles) and Addiewell Primary School (1.8 miles).
Our Lady's Primary SchoolLongridge Primary SchoolStoneyburn Primary SchoolAddiewell Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Breich Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Path to Woodmuir Place (at), 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 Woodmuir Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
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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Questions parents ask about Woodmuir Primary School
What is the catchment area for Woodmuir Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodmuir 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 Woodmuir Primary School?
If you live in Woodmuir 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 Woodmuir 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. 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 Woodmuir Primary School?
Woodmuir Primary School is at Woodmuir Place, Breich, WEST CALDER, WEST CALDER, EH55 8JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)