Cochrane Castle Primary, JOHNSTONE
Cochrane Castle Primary is a primary school for pupils in Johnstone.
- Attendance
- 92%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cochrane Castle Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Cochrane Castle Primary 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 103 pupils, an average class size of 17.2 and 9.7 pupils per teacher.
66% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92% in 2024/25, and 31.9% 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 good (A); the school was 43% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cochrane Castle Primary are St David's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Margaret's Primary School (0.4 miles), Fordbank Primary School (0.6 miles) and Auchenlodment Primary School (0.8 miles).
St David's Primary SchoolSt Margaret's Primary SchoolFordbank Primary SchoolAuchenlodment Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Milliken Park Rail Station, about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cragenfeoch Avenue (at), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cochrane Castle Primary are Johnstone High School (0.4 miles), St Benedict's High School (1.3 miles) and Linwood High School (1.6 miles).
Johnstone High SchoolSt Benedict's High SchoolLinwood 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cochrane Castle Primary in November 2022.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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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Cochrane Castle Primary
Questions parents ask about Cochrane Castle Primary
When was Cochrane Castle Primary last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cochrane Castle Primary in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Cochrane Castle Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cochrane Castle Primary 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Cochrane Castle Primary?
If you live in Cochrane Castle Primary's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Cochrane Castle Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cochrane Castle Primary?
Cochrane Castle Primary is at West Johnstone Campus, Beith Road, JOHNSTONE, JOHNSTONE, PA5 0BB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)