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St Peter's Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic149 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 meals33%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support34%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas17%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll149Census September 2025

St Peter's Primary School is a council school in Dumbarton for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 149 pupils. About 33 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Bellsmyre Campus, Howatshaws Road, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 3DR01389 773909scottishschools.info/saintpetersprimaryAll 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 Peter'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 roll149Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals33%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support34%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas17%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%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.
22P1
19P2
13P3
24P4
22P5
23P6
26P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 15015020222023: 15715720232024: 14514520242025: 14814820252026: 1491492026
Since 2022: -1
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll149148145157150
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals32.7%30.4%31.3%37.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)34.2%30.4%30.3%37.6%32.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.8%4.1%3.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.016.615.115.112.313.714.1
Average class sizeAverage class size21.321.120.722.421.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers9.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.3Scotland 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
Aitkenbar Primary SchoolCouncil0 m133HMIE, no open dataCompare
Braehead Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles263HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles350HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knoxland Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles330HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lennox Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles196HMIE, no open dataCompare
Renton Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles165HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalreoch Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles67HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Peter's Primary School a good school?

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

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

149 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
Bellsmyre Campus, Howatshaws Road, DUMBARTON, Dumbarton, G82 3DR
Telephone
01389 773909
Website
www.scottishschools.info/saintpetersprimary
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
West Dunbartonshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8302421
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from