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Kirklandneuk Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational424 pupilsRenfrewRenfrewshire
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 meals23%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support58%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas31%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll424Census September 2025

Kirklandneuk Primary School is a council school in Renfrew for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 424 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Ard Road, RENFREW, Renfrew, PA4 9DA0300 300 0164kirklandneuk.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 Kirklandneuk 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 roll424Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals23%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support58%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English13%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas31%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
61P1
57P2
54P3
57P4
75P5
63P6
57P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 48348320222023: 47747720232024: 44644620242025: 43643620252026: 4244242026
Since 2022: -59
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll424436446477483
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22.5%12.2%16.4%17.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)58.0%45.9%32.7%38.8%49.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language12.5%9.2%6.3%4.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.116.115.417.818.015.818.6
Average class sizeAverage class size26.522.923.525.128.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers24.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.1Scotland 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 James's Primary School (Renfrew)Council500 m551HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newmains Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles391HMIE, no open dataCompare
Arkleston Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles306HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Holy Redeemer Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles216HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clyde Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles396HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Brendan's Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles202HMIE, no open dataCompare
Gallowhill Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles201HMIE, no open dataCompare
Whitecrook Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles119HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kirklandneuk Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kirklandneuk Primary School have?

424 pupils aged 4 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
Ard Road, RENFREW, Renfrew, PA4 9DA
Telephone
0300 300 0164
Website
www.kirklandneuk.renfrewshire.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Renfrewshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8627029
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from