Carronshore Primary School, FALKIRK
Carronshore Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carronshore Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carronshore 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.
Carronshore Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 245 pupils, an average class size of 27.2 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
51% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 24% 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 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carronshore Primary School are Carron Primary School (0.5 miles), St Bernadette's RC Primary School (1 mile), Langlees Primary School (1 mile) and Bainsford Primary School (1.2 miles).
Carron Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's RC Primary SchoolLanglees Primary SchoolBainsford Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larbert Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Quarrolhall Crescent (at), 230 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carronshore Primary School are Larbert High School (1.2 miles) and St Mungo's RC High School (1.7 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carronshore Primary School in September 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery 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 Carronshore Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- 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: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Carronshore Primary School
Questions parents ask about Carronshore Primary School
When was Carronshore Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carronshore Primary School in September 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Carronshore Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carronshore 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 Carronshore Primary School?
If you live in Carronshore 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 Carronshore 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Carronshore Primary School?
Carronshore Primary School is at Kincardine Road, Carronshore, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK2 8AE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)