Denny Primary School, Denny
Denny Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Denny.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Denny Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Denny 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.
Denny Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 324 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 15.9 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 16.4% 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 114% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Denny Primary School are St Patrick's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Dunipace Primary School (0.5 miles), Nethermains Primary School (0.5 miles) and Head Of Muir Primary School (1.3 miles).
St Patrick's RC Primary SchoolDunipace Primary SchoolNethermains Primary SchoolHead Of Muir Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Denny Primary School.
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dryburgh Avenue (opposite), 100 metres away.
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 Denny Primary School in March 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Denny Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
2 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 Denny Primary School
When was Denny Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Denny Primary School in March 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Denny Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Denny 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 Denny Primary School?
If you live in Denny 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 Denny Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 2 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 Denny Primary School?
Denny Primary School is at Duke Street, Denny, Denny, FK6 6NW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)