Braehead Primary School, DUMBARTON
Braehead Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dumbarton.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Braehead Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Braehead 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.
Braehead Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 263 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
17% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 20.6% 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 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Braehead Primary School are St Patrick's Primary School (0.5 miles), Knoxland Primary School (0.5 miles), Aitkenbar Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Patrick's Primary SchoolKnoxland Primary SchoolAitkenbar Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumbarton Central Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Overburn Terrace (before), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Braehead Primary School are Dumbarton Academy (0.3 miles) and Our Lady & St Patrick's High School (0.7 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 Braehead 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
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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 Braehead Primary School
What is the catchment area for Braehead Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Braehead 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Braehead Primary School?
If you live in Braehead Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Braehead Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Braehead Primary School?
Braehead Primary School is at Meadow Road, DUMBARTON, DUMBARTON, G82 2BL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)