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St Mary's RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic145 pupilsBo'nessFalkirk
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 meals34%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support50%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll145Census September 2025

St Mary's RC Primary School is a council school in Bo'ness for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 145 pupils. About 34 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Gauze Road, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 9QB01506 778380st-marys.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 Mary'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 roll145Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals34%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support50%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English16%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (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.
17P1
15P2
18P3
25P4
26P5
20P6
24P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 15315320222023: 15115120232024: 15415420242025: 15715720252026: 1451452026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll145157154151153
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals34.1%22.2%23.3%10.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)50.3%48.4%42.9%45.0%51.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language15.9%18.5%18.2%22.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.814.413.114.115.114.414.2
Average class sizeAverage class size20.722.422.021.621.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.7Scotland 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
Bo'ness Public SchoolCouncil540 m175HMIE, no open dataCompare
Grange Primary SchoolCouncil620 m245HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinneil Primary SchoolCouncil850 m235HMIE, no open dataCompare
Deanburn Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles223HMIE, no open dataCompare
Springfield Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles276HMIE, no open dataCompare
Low Port Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linlithgow Bridge Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles158HMIE, no open dataCompare
Linlithgow Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles340HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

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

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

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

145 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
Gauze Road, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 9QB
Telephone
01506 778380
Website
www.st-marys.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
5758823
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from