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Deanburn Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational223 pupilsBo'nessFalkirk
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 meals39%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support52%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll223Census September 2025

Deanburn Primary School is a council school in Bo'ness for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 223 pupils. About 39 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Hazeldean Avenue, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 0NS01506 778320deanburn.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 Deanburn 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 roll223Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals39%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support52%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas16%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
31P1
33P2
23P3
49P4
26P5
33P6
28P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 22722720222023: 22722720232024: 22522520242025: 23523520252026: 2232232026
Since 2022: -4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll223235225227227
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals39.3%12.5%17.6%17.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)52.0%52.3%34.7%15.9%21.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.815.013.916.114.915.116.5
Average class sizeAverage class size24.826.125.025.222.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers15.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 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
Kinneil Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles235HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles145HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bo'ness Public SchoolCouncil1.2 miles175HMIE, no open dataCompare
Grange Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linlithgow Bridge Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles158HMIE, no open dataCompare
Low Port Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linlithgow Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles340HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary School (Linlithgow)Council2.3 miles92HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Deanburn Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Deanburn Primary School have?

223 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
Hazeldean Avenue, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 0NS
Telephone
01506 778320
Website
www.deanburn.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
5758521
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from