Carron Primary School, FALKIRK
Carron Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carron Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carron 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.
Carron Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 274 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 18 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 13.2% 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 63% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carron Primary School are Carronshore Primary School (0.5 miles), St Bernadette's RC Primary School (0.8 miles), Langlees Primary School (0.8 miles) and Bainsford Primary School (0.9 miles).
Carronshore Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's RC Primary SchoolLanglees Primary SchoolBainsford Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larbert Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sports Centre (opposite), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carron Primary School are Larbert High School (0.7 miles) and St Mungo's RC High School (1.4 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carron Primary School in August 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Carron Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 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
Carron Primary School
Questions parents ask about Carron Primary School
When was Carron Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carron Primary School in August 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Carron Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carron 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 Carron Primary School?
If you live in Carron 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 Carron Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Carron Primary School?
Carron Primary School is at Alloa Road, Carron, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK2 8EJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)