Avonbridge Primary School, FALKIRK
Avonbridge Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Avonbridge Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Avonbridge 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.
Avonbridge Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 27 pupils, an average class size of 13.5 and 8.4 pupils per teacher.
59% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 16.1% 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 27% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Avonbridge Primary School are Westfield Primary School (1.7 miles), Drumbowie Primary School (1.8 miles), California Primary School (2.3 miles) and Shieldhill Primary School (2.8 miles).
Westfield Primary SchoolDrumbowie Primary SchoolCalifornia Primary SchoolShieldhill Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Avonbridge Primary School.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Police Station (opposite), 10 metres away.
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 Avonbridge Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Avonbridge Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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
Questions parents ask about Avonbridge Primary School
What is the catchment area for Avonbridge Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Avonbridge 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 Avonbridge Primary School?
If you live in Avonbridge 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 Avonbridge Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Avonbridge Primary School?
Avonbridge Primary School is at Main Street, Avonbridge, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK1 2NG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)