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Busby Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational249 pupilsGlasgowEast Renfrewshire
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 meals21%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll249Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Busby Primary School is a council school in Glasgow for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 249 pupils. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

23 Church Road, Busby, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G76 8EB0141 570 7040ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/busbyAll 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 Busby 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 Renfrewshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll249Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals21%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
34P1
33P2
26P3
38P4
35P5
51P6
32P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29829820222023: 29029020232024: 26326320242025: 26126120252026: 2492492026
Since 2022: -49
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll249261263290298
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals20.5%8.4%8.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)23.3%24.5%22.8%20.3%19.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.4%2.7%3.4%4.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.914.813.914.114.313.214.8
Average class sizeAverage class size22.623.723.922.324.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.6Scotland 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 Joseph's Primary SchoolCouncil410 m368HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carolside Primary SchoolCouncil720 m548HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirkhill Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles576HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carmunnock Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles130HMIE, no open dataCompare
Netherlee Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles592HMIE, no open dataCompare
Braidbar Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles207HMIE, no open dataCompare
Giffnock Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles389HMIE, no open dataCompare
Calderwood Lodge P SchoolCouncil1.8 miles129HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Busby Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Busby Primary School have?

249 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
23 Church Road, Busby, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G76 8EB
Telephone
0141 570 7040
Website
www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/busby
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 Renfrewshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8600228
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from