School Chooser

Maddiston Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational463 pupilsFalkirk
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 meals38%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support37%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas15%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll463Census September 2025

Maddiston Primary School is a council school in Maddiston for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 463 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Glendevon Drive, Maddiston, FALKIRK, Maddiston, FK2 0GT01324 506750maddiston.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 Maddiston 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 roll463Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals38%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support37%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English10%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas15%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas45%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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
66P1
68P2
67P3
68P4
66P5
62P6
66P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 50750720222023: 48448420232024: 47147120242025: 48648620252026: 4634632026
Since 2022: -44
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll463486471484507
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals38.3%24.1%19.3%20.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)37.1%35.4%42.5%27.9%26.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.7%1.9%1.9%2.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.515.014.917.316.115.316.6
Average class sizeAverage class size21.021.122.422.022.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers34.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.0Scotland 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
Wallacestone Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles414HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles315HMIE, no open dataCompare
Drumbowie Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles12HMIE, no open dataCompare
Whitecross Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles48HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westquarter Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bowhouse Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles263HMIE, no open dataCompare
California Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles59HMIE, no open dataCompare
Laurieston Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Maddiston Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Maddiston Primary School have?

463 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
Glendevon Drive, Maddiston, FALKIRK, Maddiston, FK2 0GT
Telephone
01324 506750
Website
www.maddiston.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
5744520
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from