East Fulton Primary School, LINWOOD
East Fulton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Linwood.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
East Fulton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
East Fulton 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.
East Fulton Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 213 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 23.1% 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 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to East Fulton Primary School are Our Lady Of Peace Primary School (0.4 miles), Woodlands Primary School (0.5 miles), Thorn Primary School (1.1 miles) and St Margaret's Primary School (1.2 miles).
Our Lady Of Peace Primary SchoolWoodlands Primary SchoolThorn Primary SchoolSt Margaret's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Johnstone Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lismore Place (at), 250 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to East Fulton Primary School are Linwood High School (0.2 miles) and St Benedict's High School (0.3 miles).
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 East Fulton Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 East Fulton Primary School
What is the catchment area for East Fulton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and East Fulton 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 East Fulton Primary School?
If you live in East Fulton 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 East Fulton Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 East Fulton Primary School?
East Fulton Primary School is at Gilmartin Road, LINWOOD, LINWOOD, PA3 3SG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)