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Polkemmet Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
The Avenue, Whitburn, WEST LOTHIAN EH47 0BX · polkemmetprimary.westlothian.org.uk · 01501 740319
On the mapSearch near EH47 0BX
Overview
- Pupils
- 158
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- West Lothian
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 62 places
- Teachers
- 13.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.5
- Average class size
- 19.8
- Additional support needs
- 29 pupils (18%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (116 pupils)
- P6 and older38.1% (16 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 36%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (inspection, report published 3 May 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 3 May 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 29 Aug 2019
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 62
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |