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St Kessog's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic133 pupilsAlexandriaWest 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 meals23%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support64%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher8.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size12.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas47%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll133Census September 2025

St Kessog's Primary School is a council school in Alexandria for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 133 pupils. About 23 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Carrochan Road, Balloch, ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria, G83 8FA01389 773959sites.google.com/a/ourcloud.buzz/saint-kessogs/homeAll 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 Kessog's 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 roll133Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals23%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support64%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas47%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (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.
18P1
15P2
20P3
15P4
21P5
17P6
27P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 18018020222023: 16016020232024: 15315320242025: 14714720252026: 1331332026
Since 2022: -47
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll133147153160180
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22.7%25.5%29.2%21.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)63.9%63.3%48.4%65.0%65.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio8.99.39.39.89.810.111.6
Average class sizeAverage class size12.113.412.813.313.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher8.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size12.1Scotland 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
Balloch Primary SchoolCouncil0 m261HMIE, no open dataCompare
Levenvale Primary SchoolCouncil950 m192HMIE, no open dataCompare
Christie Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)Council1.0 miles164HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bonhill Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles220HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ronan's Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles95HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Martin's Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles32HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lennox Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Kessog's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Kessog's Primary School have?

133 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
Carrochan Road, Balloch, ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria, G83 8FA
Telephone
01389 773959
Website
sites.google.com/a/ourcloud.buzz/saint-kessogs/home
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8301123
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from