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Bowhouse Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational263 pupilsGrangemouthFalkirk
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 meals68%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas45%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll263Census September 2025

Bowhouse Primary School is a council school in Grangemouth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 263 pupils. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Tinto Drive, Grangemouth, Grangemouth, FK3 0DZ01324 508710bowhouse.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 Bowhouse 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 roll263Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals68%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas45%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
43P1
35P2
38P3
39P4
40P5
27P6
41P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 26826820222023: 27227220232024: 27727720242025: 25025020252026: 2632632026
Since 2022: -5
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll263250277272268
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals67.6%25.7%28.9%24.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)23.2%32.8%22.4%27.9%36.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.7%4.4%5.8%6.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.416.018.714.515.215.616.7
Average class sizeAverage class size23.922.725.222.724.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 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
Sacred Heart RC Primary SchoolCouncil440 m181HMIE, no open dataCompare
Beancross Primary SchoolCouncil580 m367HMIE, no open dataCompare
Moray Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles315HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westquarter Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Laurieston Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Wallacestone Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles414HMIE, no open dataCompare
Maddiston Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles463HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Bowhouse Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Bowhouse 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
Tinto Drive, Grangemouth, Grangemouth, FK3 0DZ
Telephone
01324 508710
Website
www.bowhouse.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
5743621
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from