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Airth Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational142 pupilsFalkirk
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals43%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support35%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll142Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Airth Primary School is a council school in Airth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 142 pupils. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Elphinstone Crescent, Airth, FALKIRK, Airth, FK2 8JX01324 831265airth.falkirk.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Airth Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Falkirk council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll142Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals43%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support35%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
13P1
15P2
26P3
15P4
24P5
27P6
22P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 16616620222023: 16616620232024: 16616620242025: 16216220252026: 1421422026
Since 2022: -24
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll142162166166166
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals42.9%20.8%16.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)35.2%30.9%25.3%24.7%27.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.714.714.615.716.315.413.4
Average class sizeAverage class size20.323.123.723.723.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.3Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Tulliallan Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles166HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carronshore Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clackmannan Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles182HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Bernadette's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles179HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mungo's RC Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles124HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carron Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles274HMIE, no open dataCompare
Park Primary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles308HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinnaird Primary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles665HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Airth Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Airth Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Airth Primary School have?

142 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Elphinstone Crescent, Airth, FALKIRK, Airth, FK2 8JX
Telephone
01324 831265
Website
www.airth.falkirk.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Falkirk
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5740223
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from