Mary Russell School
Mary Russell School is a council school in Paisley for boys and girls. It has 202 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.
Hawkhead Road, PAISLEY, Paisley, PA2 7BE0300 300 0171blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/maryrussellAll 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 Mary Russell 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.
How the school has changed
| Year | 2025/26 | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 202 | 180 | 169 | 170 | 173 | – | – |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | 98.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | – | – | – |
| Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | – | – |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.9% | – | – | – |
| Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
Staff
From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todholm Primary School | Council | 720 m | 380 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| St John Ogilvie Primary School | Council | 810 m | 258 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Andrew's Academy | Council | 900 m | 1,490 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Williamsburgh Primary School | Council | 950 m | 332 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Paisley Grammar School | Council | 0.8 miles | 1,067 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Charles' Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 371 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Lochfield Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 272 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
| Ralston Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 375 | HMIE, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Mary Russell School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Mary Russell School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.
How many pupils does Mary Russell School have?
202 pupils 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
- Hawkhead Road, PAISLEY, Paisley, PA2 7BE
- Telephone
- 0300 300 0171
- Website
- blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/maryrussell
- Type of school
- Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Special school
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Non-denominational
- Local authority
- Renfrewshire
- Setting
- Large urban areas
- SEED code
- 8631042
- [email protected]
Where these figures come from
- School details: Scottish Government school contact details (publicly funded schools), refreshed monthly (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Roll, free school meals, support needs, staffing and class sizes: Scottish Government school level summary statistics, pupil and teacher census of September 2025.
- Neighbourhood deprivation: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 postcode lookup.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.