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Sacred Heart RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic181 pupilsGrangemouthFalkirk
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 meals49%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support37%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher11.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas28%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll181Census September 2025

Sacred Heart RC Primary School is a council school in Grangemouth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 181 pupils. About 49 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Bowhouse Road, Grangemouth, Grangemouth, FK3 0EU01324 508730sacredheart.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 Sacred Heart RC 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 roll181Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals49%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support37%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas28%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas6%Scotland 15%
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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
27P1
23P2
27P3
23P4
22P5
30P6
29P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 18418420222023: 17717720232024: 17817820242025: 18518520252026: 1811812026
Since 2022: -3
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll181185178177184
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals49.2%22.0%28.0%32.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)37.0%31.4%34.3%37.3%36.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language10.5%14.6%15.7%15.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.213.811.011.613.513.617.2
Average class sizeAverage class size22.626.425.425.326.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.6Scotland 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
Bowhouse Primary SchoolCouncil440 m263HMIE, no open dataCompare
Beancross Primary SchoolCouncil620 m367HMIE, no open dataCompare
Moray Primary SchoolCouncil810 m303HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles315HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westquarter Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Laurieston Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Wallacestone Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles414HMIE, no open dataCompare
Victoria Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles319HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Sacred Heart RC Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Sacred Heart RC Primary School have?

181 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
Bowhouse Road, Grangemouth, Grangemouth, FK3 0EU
Telephone
01324 508730
Website
www.sacredheart.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
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Falkirk
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5743923
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from