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Lochfield Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational272 pupilsPaisleyRenfrewshire
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 meals20%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support49%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas27%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll272Census September 2025

Lochfield Primary School is a council school in Paisley for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 272 pupils. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Quarry Road, PAISLEY, Paisley, PA2 7RD0300 300 0168blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/lochfieldAll 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 Lochfield 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 roll272Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals20%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support49%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas27%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas22%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (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
37P2
35P3
43P4
38P5
33P6
41P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 24924920222023: 26326320232024: 25225220242025: 26226220252026: 2722722026
Since 2022: +23
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll272262252263249
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals20.3%18.4%18.6%14.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)49.3%15.6%13.9%17.1%26.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.1%6.1%3.2%3.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.916.617.717.116.015.616.7
Average class sizeAverage class size24.723.825.223.922.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.7Scotland 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 Charles' Primary SchoolCouncil430 m371HMIE, no open dataCompare
Todholm Primary SchoolCouncil940 m380HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bushes Primary SchoolCouncil970 m302HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles214HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John Ogilvie Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles258HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langcraigs Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles267HMIE, no open dataCompare
Williamsburgh Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles332HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles290HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Lochfield Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lochfield Primary School have?

272 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
Quarry Road, PAISLEY, Paisley, PA2 7RD
Telephone
0300 300 0168
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/lochfield
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
8625220
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from