Bo'ness Public School, Bo'ness
Bo'ness Public School is a primary school for pupils in Bo'ness.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bo'ness Public School in detail
School in Scotland
Bo'ness Public 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.
Bo'ness Public School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 175 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 15.1 pupils per teacher.
35% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 13.5% 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 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bo'ness Public School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Kinneil Primary School (0.5 miles), Grange Primary School (0.5 miles) and Deanburn Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolKinneil Primary SchoolGrange Primary SchoolDeanburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Bo’ness (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway), about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tesco, 170 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 Bo'ness Public School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Bo'ness Public School
Questions parents ask about Bo'ness Public School
What is the catchment area for Bo'ness Public School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bo'ness Public 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 Bo'ness Public School?
If you live in Bo'ness Public 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 Bo'ness Public School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Bo'ness Public School?
Bo'ness Public School is at Stewart Avenue, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 9NL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)