Easter Carmuirs Primary School, FALKIRK
Easter Carmuirs Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 89.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Easter Carmuirs Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Easter Carmuirs 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.
Easter Carmuirs Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 175 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 9.6 pupils per teacher.
66% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 32.2% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Easter Carmuirs Primary School are Carmuirs Primary School (0.5 miles), Ladeside Primary School (0.9 miles), Larbert Village Primary School (1.1 miles) and Bantaskin Primary School (1.2 miles).
Carmuirs Primary SchoolLadeside Primary SchoolLarbert Village Primary SchoolBantaskin Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Camelon Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coach Works (at), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Easter Carmuirs Primary School are Falkirk High School (1 mile), Larbert High School (1.4 miles) and St Mungo's RC High School (1.4 miles).
Falkirk High SchoolLarbert High SchoolSt Mungo's RC High School
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 Easter Carmuirs Primary School in March 2026.
- 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 Easter Carmuirs Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 6 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 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Easter Carmuirs Primary School
Questions parents ask about Easter Carmuirs Primary School
When was Easter Carmuirs Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Easter Carmuirs Primary School in March 2026. 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 Easter Carmuirs Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Easter Carmuirs 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 Easter Carmuirs Primary School?
If you live in Easter Carmuirs 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 Easter Carmuirs 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, 2 serious and 6 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Easter Carmuirs Primary School?
Easter Carmuirs Primary School is at Carmuirs Drive, Camelon, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK1 4JG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)