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Bainsford Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational164 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 meals49%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support43%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas51%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll164Census September 2025

Bainsford Primary School is a council school in Bainsford for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 164 pupils. About 49 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Waverley Street, Bainsford, FALKIRK, Bainsford, FK2 7NW01324 508530bainsford.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 Bainsford 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 roll164Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals49%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support43%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas51%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas14%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
27P1
26P2
21P3
30P4
19P5
16P6
25P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 15515520222023: 16116120232024: 15015020242025: 15115120252026: 1641642026
Since 2022: +9
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll164151150161155
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals48.8%25.0%34.0%33.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.7%29.8%30.7%29.2%26.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.7%6.0%11.3%6.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.312.511.112.913.514.016.6
Average class sizeAverage class size20.521.618.820.122.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.5Scotland 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
Langlees Primary SchoolCouncil260 m203HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Francis Xavier's RC Primary SchoolCouncil890 m418HMIE, no open dataCompare
Victoria Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles319HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carron Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles274HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Andrew's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles314HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carronshore Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Comely Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles389HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bantaskin Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles239HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Bainsford Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Bainsford Primary School have?

164 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
Waverley Street, Bainsford, FALKIRK, Bainsford, FK2 7NW
Telephone
01324 508530
Website
www.bainsford.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
Other urban areas
SEED code
5742129
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from