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Clovenfords Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational113 pupilsGalashielsScottish Borders
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 support46%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll113Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Clovenfords Primary School is a council school in Galashiels for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 113 pupils. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Clovenfords, Galashiels, SELKIRKSHIRE, Galashiels, TD1 3LQ01896 662755clovenfordsprimaryschool.co.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 Clovenfords 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 Scottish Borders council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll113Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support46%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%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.
10P1
17P2
13P3
19P4
25P5
15P6
14P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 12812820222023: 11911920232024: 11711720242025: 12012020252026: 1131132026
Since 2022: -15
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll113120117119128
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals17.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)46.0%15.0%13.7%16.0%21.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.513.816.014.716.217.518.1
Average class sizeAverage class size18.820.023.419.821.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers8.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.8Scotland 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
Balmoral Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles88HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's RC Primary School (Galashiels)Council2.4 miles123HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glendinning Terrace Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles52HMIE, no open dataCompare
Burgh Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles179HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlee Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles172HMIE, no open dataCompare
Tweedbank Primary SchoolCouncil4.3 miles182HMIE, no open dataCompare
Philiphaugh Community SchoolCouncil4.3 miles88HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Clovenfords Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Clovenfords Primary School have?

113 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
Clovenfords, Galashiels, SELKIRKSHIRE, Galashiels, TD1 3LQ
Telephone
01896 662755
Website
clovenfordsprimaryschool.co.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
Scottish Borders
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5618126
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from