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East Plean Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational155 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 meals30%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support43%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas47%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll155Census September 2025

East Plean Primary School is a council school in By Stirling for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 155 pupils. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Main Street, Plean, BY STIRLING, By Stirling, FK7 8BX01786 813286blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/eastpleanAll 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 East Plean 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 roll155Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals30%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support43%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas47%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (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
19P3
19P4
27P5
27P6
19P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 16216220222023: 16016020232024: 15715720242025: 14814820252026: 1551552026
Since 2022: -7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll155148157160162
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals30.4%16.7%25.0%22.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)43.2%48.6%48.4%38.8%38.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.5%4.1%3.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.813.213.514.014.713.012.7
Average class sizeAverage class size22.121.122.422.923.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers11.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.1Scotland 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
St Margaret's RC PrimaryCouncil1.4 miles139HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cowie Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles149HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinnaird Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles665HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bannockburn Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles289HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunipace Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles161HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles262HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles261HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stenhousemuir Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is East Plean Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does East Plean Primary School have?

155 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
Main Street, Plean, BY STIRLING, By Stirling, FK7 8BX
Telephone
01786 813286
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/eastplean
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 rural areas
SEED code
5724023
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from