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Lairdsland Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational306 pupilsKirkintillochEast 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 registered for free school meals14%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support27%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll306Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Lairdsland Primary School is a council school in Kirkintilloch for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 306 pupils. About 14 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

70 Donaldson Street, Kirkintilloch, Kirkintilloch, G66 1XS0141 955 2310lairdsland.e-dunbarton.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 Lairdsland 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 East Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll306Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals14%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support27%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
45P1
38P2
42P3
42P4
47P5
47P6
45P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 31731720222023: 30030020232024: 31031020242025: 30030020252026: 3063062026
Since 2022: -11
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll306300310300317
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals14.1%12.0%17.6%16.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)26.8%24.7%24.5%28.3%22.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.2%5.3%5.5%3.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.217.316.115.616.616.518.6
Average class sizeAverage class size25.525.025.825.026.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers20.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.5Scotland 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
Holy Family Primary SchoolCouncil490 m332HMIE, no open dataCompare
East Dunbartonshire Central SchoolCouncil640 m1HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lenzie Meadow Primary SchoolCouncil950 m566HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hillhead Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles87HMIE, no open dataCompare
Oxgang Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles210HMIE, no open dataCompare
Millersneuk Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles324HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Harestanes Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles151HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Lairdsland Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lairdsland Primary School have?

306 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
70 Donaldson Street, Kirkintilloch, Kirkintilloch, G66 1XS
Telephone
0141 955 2310
Website
www.lairdsland.e-dunbarton.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
East Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8336822
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from