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Houston Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational503 pupilsHoustonRenfrewshire
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 support21%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher20.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll503Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Houston Primary School is a council school in Houston for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 503 pupils.

Crosslee Road, HOUSTON, Houston, PA6 7EJ0300 300 0159houston.renfrewshire.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 Houston 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 Renfrewshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll503Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support21%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas65%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.
82P1
64P2
53P3
85P4
64P5
78P6
77P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 51151120222023: 53453420232024: 53453420242025: 51051020252026: 5035032026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll503510534534511
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)21.1%15.3%5.2%5.1%5.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1.0%1.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio20.120.320.820.920.318.821.8
Average class sizeAverage class size26.526.828.126.726.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers25.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher20.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.5Scotland 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 Fillan's Primary SchoolCouncil580 m108HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bridge Of Weir Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles413HMIE, no open dataCompare
East Fulton Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles213HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kilbarchan Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles189HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady Of Peace Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles248HMIE, no open dataCompare
Woodlands Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles177HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles165HMIE, no open dataCompare
Thorn Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles134HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Houston Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Houston Primary School have?

503 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
Crosslee Road, HOUSTON, Houston, PA6 7EJ
Telephone
0300 300 0159
Website
www.houston.renfrewshire.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
Renfrewshire
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
8622221
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from