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Newmains Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational391 pupilsRenfrewRenfrewshire
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 meals16%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support37%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll391Census September 2025

Newmains Primary School is a council school in Renfrew for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 391 pupils. About 16 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Lang Avenue, RENFREW, Renfrew, PA4 0DA0300 300 0172blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/newmainsAll 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 Newmains 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 roll391Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals16%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support37%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas25%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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
46P1
58P2
46P3
48P4
63P5
66P6
64P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 41141120222023: 41041020232024: 40340320242025: 41041020252026: 3913912026
Since 2022: -20
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll391410403410411
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals16.2%16.3%12.8%11.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)36.6%30.7%40.2%12.7%9.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7.9%5.6%6.7%3.9%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.420.920.020.319.619.119.6
Average class sizeAverage class size26.127.326.927.327.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers21.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.1Scotland 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
Arkleston Primary SchoolCouncil500 m306HMIE, no open dataCompare
St James's Primary School (Renfrew)Council690 m551HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirklandneuk Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles424HMIE, no open dataCompare
Gallowhill Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles201HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ralston Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles375HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Catherine's Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles252HMIE, no open dataCompare
St George's Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles169HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hillington Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles217HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Newmains Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Newmains Primary School have?

391 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
Lang Avenue, RENFREW, Renfrew, PA4 0DA
Telephone
0300 300 0172
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/newmains
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
8627223
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from