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Dunipace Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational161 pupilsDennyFalkirk
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 meals46%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support42%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll161Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunipace Primary School is a council school in Denny for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 161 pupils. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Thistle Avenue, Dunipace, DENNY, Denny, FK6 6LS01324 508820dunipace.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 Dunipace 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 roll161Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals46%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support42%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
27P1
17P2
24P3
23P4
24P5
26P6
20P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 17017020222023: 16416420232024: 16616620242025: 15915920252026: 1611612026
Since 2022: -9
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll161159166164170
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals45.7%23.3%24.0%27.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.2%48.4%38.0%31.1%24.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.916.213.817.416.314.916.5
Average class sizeAverage class size20.122.720.823.424.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers11.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 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
Denny Primary SchoolCouncil750 m324HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's RC Primary SchoolCouncil800 m262HMIE, no open dataCompare
Nethermains Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
Head Of Muir Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles259HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bonnybridge Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles265HMIE, no open dataCompare
Antonine Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles182HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles120HMIE, no open dataCompare
East Plean Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles155HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunipace Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunipace Primary School have?

161 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
Thistle Avenue, Dunipace, DENNY, Denny, FK6 6LS
Telephone
01324 508820
Website
www.dunipace.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
5741920
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from