Bankier Primary School, BONNYBRIDGE
Bankier Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bonnybridge.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bankier Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bankier 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.
Bankier Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 152 pupils, an average class size of 19 and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 13.9% 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 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bankier Primary School are Whitelees Primary School (1.5 miles), Banton Primary School (1.8 miles), Head Of Muir Primary School (2 miles) and St Lucy's Primary School (2.1 miles).
Whitelees Primary SchoolBanton Primary SchoolHead Of Muir Primary SchoolSt Lucy's Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bankier Primary School.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bankier Road (after), 120 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 Bankier Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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.
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Questions parents ask about Bankier Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bankier Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bankier 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 Bankier Primary School?
If you live in Bankier 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 Bankier Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 Bankier Primary School?
Bankier Primary School is at Bankier Road, Banknock, BONNYBRIDGE, BONNYBRIDGE, FK4 1TF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)