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Renton Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational165 pupilsDumbartonWest 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 meals58%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support69%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher9.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size13.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll165Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Renton Primary School is a council school in Dumbarton for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 165 pupils. About 58 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Main Street, Renton, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 4NA01389 777028sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/rentonpsAll 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 Renton 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 West Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll165Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals58%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support69%Additional support needs
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
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
32P1
28P2
22P3
20P4
20P5
26P6
17P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 15515520222023: 16016020232024: 15115120242025: 16216220252026: 1651652026
Since 2022: +10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll165162151160155
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals58.1%51.3%27.5%43.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)68.5%63.6%66.2%63.1%61.9%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio9.69.89.19.69.89.49.5
Average class sizeAverage class size13.813.512.613.312.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher9.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size13.8Scotland 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 Martin's Primary SchoolCouncil970 m32HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bonhill Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles220HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lennox Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ronan's Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles95HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalreoch Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles67HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)Council1.2 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare
Christie Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles196HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Renton Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Renton Primary School have?

165 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
Main Street, Renton, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 4NA
Telephone
01389 777028
Website
sites.google.com/ourcloud.buzz/rentonps
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
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8303622
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from