Drumbowie Primary School, FALKIRK
Drumbowie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 91.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Drumbowie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Drumbowie 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 12 pupils, an average class size of 12 and 5.5 pupils per teacher.
42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.6% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 24% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Drumbowie Primary School are Maddiston Primary School (1.6 miles), California Primary School (1.7 miles), Wallacestone Primary School (1.7 miles) and Avonbridge Primary School (1.8 miles).
Maddiston Primary SchoolCalifornia Primary SchoolWallacestone Primary SchoolAvonbridge Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Polmont Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drumbowie Primary School (opposite), 30 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 Drumbowie Primary School in November 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Drumbowie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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 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 Drumbowie Primary School
When was Drumbowie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Drumbowie Primary School in November 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Drumbowie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Drumbowie 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 Drumbowie Primary School?
If you live in Drumbowie 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 Drumbowie 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Drumbowie Primary School?
Drumbowie Primary School is at Standburn, Avonbridge, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK1 2HS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)