Callander Primary School, Callander
Callander Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Callander.
- Attendance
- 93.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Callander Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Callander 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.
Callander Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 242 pupils, an average class size of 20.2 and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
18% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.8% in 2024/25, and 17.4% 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 poor (C); the school was 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Callander Primary School are Port of Menteith Primary School (4.7 miles) and Thornhill Primary School (5.3 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Callander Primary School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is War Memorial (at), 320 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 Callander 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
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- 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: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Callander Primary School
What is the catchment area for Callander Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Callander 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Callander Primary School?
If you live in Callander Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Callander 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: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Callander Primary School?
Callander Primary School is at Bridgend, Callander, Callander, FK17 8AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)