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John Logie Baird Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational99 pupilsHelensburghArgyll & Bute
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 meals67%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support61%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll99Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

John Logie Baird Primary School is a council school in Helensburgh for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 99 pupils. About 67 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

1 Winston Road, Helensburgh, Helensburgh, G84 9EP01436 674001johnlogiebaird.argyll-bute.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 John Logie Baird 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 Argyll & Bute council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll99Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals67%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support61%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English34%First language is not English
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 smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
9P1
14P2
13P3
16P4
17P5
12P6
18P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 10810820222023: 10310320232024: 929220242025: 969620252026: 99992026
Since 2022: -9
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll999692103108
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals66.7%41.9%17.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)60.6%46.9%34.8%29.1%21.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language34.3%28.1%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.17.78.410.09.610.510.5
Average class sizeAverage class size14.113.715.317.218.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers9.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.1Scotland 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 Joseph's Primary SchoolCouncil270 m161HMIE, no open dataCompare
Colgrain Primary SchoolCouncil720 m225HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hermitage Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles372HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rhu Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles163HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cardross Primary SchoolCouncil3.5 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rosneath Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles68HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles260HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ardgowan Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles407HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is John Logie Baird Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does John Logie Baird Primary School have?

99 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
1 Winston Road, Helensburgh, Helensburgh, G84 9EP
Telephone
01436 674001
Website
www.johnlogiebaird.argyll-bute.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
Argyll & Bute
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8302928
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from