The Lothians’ best and worst schools for pupil wellbeing have been revealed in a new report.
West Lothian primary school Springfield topped the rankings for the best performing institution, scoring highly for learning attainment and pupil welfare in inspections by Education Scotland.
Youngsters were found to ‘not only look out for their own emotional wellbeing but the needs of their classmates as well’ when inspectors visited in October 2019 - marking the school out as one of a select few across Scotland to receive an ‘excellent’ grade.
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However, a table compiled by The Times found the region’s Westfield Primary ranked lowest on the list, scoring less than half marks in their report.
The Scottish Government does not produce education ‘league tables’ but reports from watchdog Education Scotland assess schools in four categories; Leadership, Learning and Teaching, Attainment and Wellbeing.
Each is given a score out of six, producing an overall rank out of 24.
No school in Scotland achieved the maximum grade but 22 received fewer than double figures.
Blackhall Primary was ranked as the top Capital school for pupil wellbeing, obtaining a score of 19 out of 24 and ranking highly for leadership, but St John Vianney RC Primary managed a score of just 10.
In East Lothian, North Berwick High scored 19 out of 24 to top the area table while in Midlothian St David’s RC High led the way with 18.
Two of the 495 schools inspected in the last five years were graded unsatisfactory and 39 graded weak.
A Scottish government spokeswoman told The Times: “We are always striving to make improvements to the inspection process.
"The education secretary announced in June that Education Scotland will be reformed and will no longer undertake inspections, with this work becoming a separate, independent role.
“The Scottish government does not produce school league tables to measure performance and never will.”
