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St Andrew's RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic314 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 meals22%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support8%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas14%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll314Census September 2025

St Andrew's RC Primary School is a council school in Falkirk for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 314 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Hawley Road, Falkirk, Falkirk, FK1 1SH01324 508650st-andrews.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 St Andrew's 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 roll314Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals22%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support8%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas14%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas36%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
46P1
43P2
37P3
48P4
54P5
38P6
48P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 32432420222023: 31731720232024: 32132120242025: 31931920252026: 3143142026
Since 2022: -10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll314319321317324
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22.1%5.9%10.8%14.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)8.3%12.5%13.4%14.2%16.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language13.5%13.1%13.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.318.117.317.016.918.219.7
Average class sizeAverage class size24.224.524.722.623.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers18.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.2Scotland 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
Victoria Primary SchoolCouncil740 m319HMIE, no open dataCompare
Comely Park Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles389HMIE, no open dataCompare
Laurieston Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Francis Xavier's RC Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles418HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bainsford Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hallglen Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles282HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlees Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westquarter Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Andrew's RC Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Andrew's RC Primary School have?

314 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
Hawley Road, Falkirk, Falkirk, FK1 1SH
Telephone
01324 508650
Website
www.st-andrews.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
5743028
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from