East Plean Primary School, BY STIRLING
East Plean Primary School is a primary school for pupils in By Stirling.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
East Plean Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
East Plean 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 Plean Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
47% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 18.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to East Plean Primary School are St Margaret's RC Primary (1.4 miles), Cowie Primary School (1.5 miles), Corbiewood Primary School (2.2 miles) and Kinnaird Primary School (2.5 miles).
St Margaret's RC PrimaryCowie Primary SchoolCorbiewood Primary SchoolKinnaird Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larbert Rail Station, about 3.1 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Football Park (opposite), 50 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 East Plean Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Plean Primary School
What is the catchment area for East Plean Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and East Plean 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to East Plean Primary School?
If you live in East Plean Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near East Plean 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is East Plean Primary School?
East Plean Primary School is at Main Street, Plean, BY STIRLING, BY STIRLING, FK7 8BX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)