Beancross Primary School, Grangemouth
Beancross Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Grangemouth.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Beancross Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Beancross 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.
Beancross Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 367 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 15.9 pupils per teacher.
58% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 31.7% 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 107% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Beancross Primary School are Bowhouse Primary School (0.4 miles), Sacred Heart RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Moray Primary School (0.8 miles) and Westquarter Primary School (1.1 miles).
Bowhouse Primary SchoolSacred Heart RC Primary SchoolMoray Primary SchoolWestquarter Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Polmont Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kenilworth Street (at), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Beancross Primary School are Grangemouth High School (0.5 miles), Graeme High School (1.5 miles) and Braes High School (1.7 miles).
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 Beancross Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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 Beancross Primary School
What is the catchment area for Beancross Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Beancross 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 Beancross Primary School?
If you live in Beancross 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 Beancross Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Beancross Primary School?
Beancross Primary School is at Kenilworth Street, Grangemouth, Grangemouth, FK3 8QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)