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Baljaffray Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational263 pupilsBearsdenEast Dunbartonshire
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 getting extra support24%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll263Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Baljaffray Primary School is a council school in Bearsden for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 263 pupils. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Grampian Way, Bearsden, Bearsden, G61 4RA0141 955 2241baljaffray.e-dunbarton.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 Baljaffray 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 East Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll263Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support24%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (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.
27P1
31P2
29P3
42P4
32P5
46P6
56P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 28928920222023: 28528520232024: 28228220242025: 25925920252026: 2632632026
Since 2022: -26
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll263259282285289
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals7.6%5.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)24.3%19.3%17.0%13.0%10.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.7%7.3%6.0%3.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.816.016.416.618.115.817.5
Average class sizeAverage class size21.923.523.523.826.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.9Scotland 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
St Nicholas' Primary SchoolCouncil340 m265HMIE, no open dataCompare
Castlehill Primary SchoolCouncil560 m213HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mosshead Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles364HMIE, no open dataCompare
Camstradden Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles278HMIE, no open dataCompare
Craigdhu Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles219HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Clare's Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles265HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bearsden Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles443HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clober Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Baljaffray Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Baljaffray Primary School have?

263 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
Grampian Way, Bearsden, Bearsden, G61 4RA
Telephone
0141 955 2241
Website
www.baljaffray.e-dunbarton.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
East Dunbartonshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8324123
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from