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Gartocharn Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational85 pupilsAlexandriaWest Dunbartonshire
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 support44%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll85Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Gartocharn Primary School is a council school in Alexandria for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 85 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Ross Loan, Gartocharn, ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria, G83 8NE01389 773970sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/gartocharnps-and-elcc/homeAll 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 Gartocharn 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 West Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll85Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support44%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas25%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
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
20P1
7P2
13P3
12P4
11P5
13P6
9P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 828220222023: 898920232024: 858520242025: 818120252026: 85852026
Since 2022: +3
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll8581858982
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)43.5%29.6%45.9%41.6%31.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.914.214.914.611.110.811.8
Average class sizeAverage class size21.220.321.322.320.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers5.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.2Scotland 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
Balloch Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles261HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Kessog's Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles133HMIE, no open dataCompare
Drymen Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles105HMIE, no open dataCompare
Levenvale Primary SchoolCouncil3.8 miles192HMIE, no open dataCompare
Christie Park Primary SchoolCouncil4.2 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)Council4.2 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ronan's Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles95HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bonhill Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles220HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Gartocharn Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Gartocharn Primary School have?

85 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
Ross Loan, Gartocharn, ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria, G83 8NE
Telephone
01389 773970
Website
sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/gartocharnps-and-elcc/home
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
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
8302626
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from