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Ladeside Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational228 pupilsLarbertFalkirk
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 meals43%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support46%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher9.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas27%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll228Census September 2025

Ladeside Primary School is a council school in Larbert for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 228 pupils. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Carronvale Road, Larbert, Larbert, FK5 3LH01324 503460ladeside.falkirk.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 Ladeside 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 Falkirk council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll228Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals43%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support46%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas27%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas23%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (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.
29P1
35P2
32P3
25P4
30P5
31P6
46P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 25825820222023: 25025020232024: 22822820242025: 22422420252026: 2282282026
Since 2022: -30
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll228224228250258
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals42.9%18.9%15.6%26.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)46.1%50.0%46.5%42.8%37.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.1%4.0%3.9%3.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio9.410.09.49.810.59.711.6
Average class sizeAverage class size22.824.922.822.721.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers24.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher9.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.8Scotland 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
Larbert Village Primary SchoolCouncil720 m320HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stenhousemuir Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare
Easter Carmuirs Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles175HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carmuirs Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles150HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Francis Xavier's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles418HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carron Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles274HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinnaird Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles665HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Bernadette's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles179HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Ladeside Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Ladeside Primary School have?

228 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
Carronvale Road, Larbert, Larbert, FK5 3LH
Telephone
01324 503460
Website
www.ladeside.falkirk.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
Falkirk
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5744326
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from