 When the Scotland Japanese School (スコットランド日本語補習授業校 "Sukottorando Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō"), a weekend Japanese school, opened in 1982, classes were originally held at Craigmount High School.The school classes were moved to Livingston in April 2003.By the late-1990s the school was catering for more pupils than it was designed for, and the low-quality fabric of the building was deteriorating.