Dargavel Primary School, BISHOPTON
Dargavel Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bishopton.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dargavel Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dargavel 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 638 pupils, an average class size of 29 and 20.4 pupils per teacher.
9% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 71% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 7.3% 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 good (A); the school was 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dargavel Primary School are Bishopton Primary School (0.9 miles), St John Bosco Primary School (1.8 miles), Bargarran Primary School (1.8 miles) and Rashielea Primary School (2.1 miles).
Bishopton Primary SchoolSt John Bosco Primary SchoolBargarran Primary SchoolRashielea Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bishopton Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
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 Dargavel Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
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Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 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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Questions parents ask about Dargavel Primary School
What is the catchment area for Dargavel Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dargavel 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dargavel Primary School?
If you live in Dargavel Primary School'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 Dargavel Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dargavel Primary School?
Dargavel Primary School is at Arrochar Drive, BISHOPTON, BISHOPTON, PA7 5HP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)