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Airth Primary School, FALKIRK

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Airth Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.

Attendance
93.3%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Airth Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Airth Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

Airth Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 142 pupils, an average class size of 20.3 and 13.7 pupils per teacher.

43% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 24.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 65% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Airth Primary School are Tulliallan Primary School (2 miles), Carronshore Primary School (2.6 miles), Clackmannan Primary School (2.7 miles) and St Bernadette's RC Primary School (2.7 miles).

Tulliallan Primary SchoolCarronshore Primary SchoolClackmannan Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's RC Primary School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Airth Primary School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Elphinstone Crescent (opposite), 90 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Falkirk
Phone:01324 831265
Address:Elphinstone Crescent, Airth, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK2 8JX
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Airth Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5740223

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Elphinstone Crescent (opp)
88m · 1 min walk
Airth Club (after)
228m · 4 min walk
Castle Estate (opp)
388m · 6 min walk
Netherby Road (near)
440m · 7 min walk
North Green Drive (opp)
556m · 9 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Commute and house prices

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Questions parents ask about Airth Primary School

What is the catchment area for Airth Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Airth Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Falkirk. Falkirk publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Airth Primary School?

If you live in Airth Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Falkirk will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Falkirk - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Airth Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Airth Primary School?

Airth Primary School is at Elphinstone Crescent, Airth, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK2 8JX.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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