Bushes Primary School, PAISLEY
Bushes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bushes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bushes 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.
Bushes Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 302 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 17 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
17% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 39% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 16.9% 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 62% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bushes Primary School are St Peter's Primary School (0.2 miles), Lochfield Primary School (0.6 miles), St Charles' Primary School (0.6 miles) and Langcraigs Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Peter's Primary SchoolLochfield Primary SchoolSt Charles' Primary SchoolLangcraigs Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley Canal Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grampian Avenue (before), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Bushes Primary School are Castlehead High School (0.9 miles), Gleniffer High School (1.1 miles), St Andrew's Academy (1.5 miles) and Paisley Grammar School (1.6 miles).
Castlehead High SchoolGleniffer High SchoolSt Andrew's AcademyPaisley Grammar School
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 Bushes 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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 2 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Bushes Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bushes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bushes 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bushes Primary School?
If you live in Bushes Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bushes 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, 2 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bushes Primary School?
Bushes Primary School is at Grampian Avenue, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA2 8DW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)