Carmuirs Primary School, FALKIRK
Carmuirs Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carmuirs Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carmuirs 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.
Carmuirs Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 150 pupils, an average class size of 18.8 and 11.7 pupils per teacher.
68% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 25.3% 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 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carmuirs Primary School are Easter Carmuirs Primary School (0.5 miles), Bantaskin Primary School (0.6 miles), St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School (1 mile) and Ladeside Primary School (1.1 miles).
Easter Carmuirs Primary SchoolBantaskin Primary SchoolSt Francis Xavier's RC Primary SchoolLadeside Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Camelon Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fairlie Drive (opposite), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carmuirs Primary School are Falkirk High School (0.5 miles), St Mungo's RC High School (1.1 miles) and Larbert High School (1.4 miles).
Falkirk High SchoolSt Mungo's RC High SchoolLarbert High 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 Carmuirs 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 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 Carmuirs Primary School
What is the catchment area for Carmuirs Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carmuirs 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 Carmuirs Primary School?
If you live in Carmuirs 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 Carmuirs Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 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 Carmuirs Primary School?
Carmuirs Primary School is at Carmuirs Street, Camelon, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK1 4PZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)