Comely Park Primary School, Falkirk
Comely Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Comely Park Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Comely Park 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.
Comely Park Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 389 pupils, an average class size of 27.8 and 19.5 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 42% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Comely Park Primary School are St Andrew's RC Primary School (0.6 miles), Hallglen Primary School (0.7 miles), Bantaskin Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Andrew's RC Primary SchoolHallglen Primary SchoolBantaskin Primary SchoolSt Francis Xavier's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Falkirk High Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Comely Park Primary School (at), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Comely Park Primary School are St Mungo's RC High School (0.8 miles), Falkirk High School (0.8 miles) and Graeme High School (0.8 miles).
St Mungo's RC High SchoolFalkirk High SchoolGraeme 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 Comely Park Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
3 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 Comely Park Primary School
What is the catchment area for Comely Park Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Comely Park 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 Comely Park Primary School?
If you live in Comely Park 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 Comely Park Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 3 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 Comely Park Primary School?
Comely Park Primary School is at Cow Wynd, Falkirk, Falkirk, FK1 1PZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)