Balmalloch Primary School, KILSYTH
Balmalloch Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilsyth.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Balmalloch Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Balmalloch 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.
Balmalloch Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 318 pupils, an average class size of 26.5 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.
14% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
16% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 20.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Balmalloch Primary School are Kilsyth Primary School (0.5 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (Kilsyth) (0.6 miles), Chapelgreen Primary School (1.6 miles) and Holy Cross Primary School (1.9 miles).
Kilsyth Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School (Kilsyth)Chapelgreen Primary SchoolHoly Cross Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croy Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Belmont Street (before), 100 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 Balmalloch Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Balmalloch Primary School
What is the catchment area for Balmalloch Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Balmalloch 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Balmalloch Primary School?
If you live in Balmalloch Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Balmalloch 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, 1 serious and 0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Balmalloch Primary School?
Balmalloch Primary School is at Kingsway, Balmalloch, KILSYTH, KILSYTH, G65 9UJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)