Clydemuir Primary School, CLYDEBANK
Clydemuir Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Clydebank.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Clydemuir Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Clydemuir 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 127 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
43% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 22.9% 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 28% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Clydemuir Primary School are Our Lady of Loretto Primary School (0.2 miles), St Stephen's Primary School (0.7 miles), Carleith Primary School (0.8 miles) and Rashielea Primary School (0.9 miles).
Our Lady of Loretto Primary SchoolSt Stephen's Primary SchoolCarleith Primary SchoolRashielea Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalmuir Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ottawa Crescent (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Clydemuir Primary School are Clydebank High School (0.9 miles) and Park Mains High School (1 mile).
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 Clydemuir Primary School in November 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Clydemuir Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Clydemuir Primary School
Questions parents ask about Clydemuir Primary School
When was Clydemuir Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clydemuir Primary School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Clydemuir Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Clydemuir 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Clydemuir Primary School?
If you live in Clydemuir Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Clydemuir Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Clydemuir Primary School?
Clydemuir Primary School is at Ottawa Crescent, Dalmuir, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 4LB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)