Ardgowan Primary School, Greenock
Ardgowan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ardgowan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ardgowan 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 407 pupils, an average class size of 25.4 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 14.6% 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 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ardgowan Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (0.3 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (0.6 miles), Lady Alice Primary School (0.9 miles) and Whinhill Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Mary's Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolLady Alice Primary SchoolWhinhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Greenock West Rail Station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ardgowan Square (after), 370 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ardgowan Primary School are Notre Dame High School (0.6 miles), Clydeview Academy (1.1 miles), Inverclyde Academy (1.6 miles) and St Columba's High School (1.8 miles).
Notre Dame High SchoolClydeview AcademyInverclyde AcademySt Columba's High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Ardgowan Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 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.
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Questions parents ask about Ardgowan Primary School
What is the catchment area for Ardgowan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ardgowan 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 Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ardgowan Primary School?
If you live in Ardgowan Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Ardgowan Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ardgowan Primary School?
Ardgowan Primary School is at Newton Street, Greenock, Greenock, PA16 8SN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)