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Carronshore Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational245 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 meals51%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support64%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll245Census September 2025

Carronshore Primary School is a council school in Carronshore for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 245 pupils. About 51 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Kincardine Road, Carronshore, FALKIRK, Carronshore, FK2 8AE01324 503480carronshore.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 Carronshore 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 roll245Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals51%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support64%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic36%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas11%Scotland 15%
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.
37P1
40P2
34P3
39P4
30P5
33P6
32P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 27627620222023: 28028020232024: 26626620242025: 25325320252026: 2452452026
Since 2022: -31
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll245253266280276
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals50.8%24.4%19.4%18.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)63.7%59.3%49.6%48.9%47.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.4%8.3%6.0%4.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.812.213.214.214.213.515.4
Average class sizeAverage class size27.225.324.223.325.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.2Scotland 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
Carron Primary SchoolCouncil850 m274HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Bernadette's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles179HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlees Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bainsford Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stenhousemuir Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Francis Xavier's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles418HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinnaird Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles665HMIE, no open dataCompare
Victoria Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles319HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Carronshore Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Carronshore Primary School have?

245 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
Kincardine Road, Carronshore, FALKIRK, Carronshore, FK2 8AE
Telephone
01324 503480
Website
www.carronshore.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
5741327
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from