Dunipace Primary School, DENNY
Dunipace Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Denny.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dunipace Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dunipace 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.
Dunipace Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 161 pupils, an average class size of 20.1 and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.2% 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 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dunipace Primary School are Denny Primary School (0.5 miles), St Patrick's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Nethermains Primary School (0.9 miles) and Head Of Muir Primary School (1.7 miles).
Denny Primary SchoolSt Patrick's RC Primary SchoolNethermains Primary SchoolHead Of Muir Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Dunipace Primary School.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laurel Court (at), 190 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Dunipace Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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 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 Dunipace Primary School
What is the catchment area for Dunipace Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dunipace 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 Dunipace Primary School?
If you live in Dunipace 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 Dunipace Primary School?
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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dunipace Primary School?
Dunipace Primary School is at Thistle Avenue, Dunipace, DENNY, DENNY, FK6 6LS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)