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Callander Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational242 pupilsStirling
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 meals18%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support35%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll242Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Callander Primary School is a council school in Callander for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 242 pupils. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Bridgend, Callander, Callander, FK17 8AG01877 331576blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/callanderpsAll 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 Callander 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 Stirling council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll242Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals18%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support35%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%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 10 (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.
19P1
33P2
29P3
36P4
49P5
36P6
40P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 25925920222023: 26626620232024: 26126120242025: 26626620252026: 2422422026
Since 2022: -17
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll242266261266259
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18.4%20.5%18.8%14.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)34.7%30.8%28.4%27.4%30.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.5%1.9%3.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.514.014.014.613.914.814.3
Average class sizeAverage class size20.222.220.120.521.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.2Scotland 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
Port of Menteith Primary SchoolCouncil4.8 miles24HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Callander Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Callander Primary School have?

242 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
Bridgend, Callander, Callander, FK17 8AG
Telephone
01877 331576
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/callanderps
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
Stirling
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5720427
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from