Edinbarnet Primary School, CLYDEBANK
Edinbarnet Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Clydebank.
- Attendance
- 92%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Edinbarnet Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Edinbarnet 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 176 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 12.8 pupils per teacher.
54% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
79% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92% in 2024/25, and 30.7% 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 good (A); the school was 38% full.
Edinbarnet Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Edinbarnet Primary School are St Joseph's Primary School (0.4 miles), Goldenhill Primary School (0.6 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Duntocher) (0.9 miles) and St Eunan's Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Joseph's Primary SchoolGoldenhill Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Duntocher)St Eunan's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Singer Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is John Burnside Drive (before), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Edinbarnet Primary School are St Peter the Apostle High School (1.2 miles) and Clydebank High School (1.4 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 Edinbarnet Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Edinbarnet Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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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Edinbarnet Primary School
Questions parents ask about Edinbarnet Primary School
What is the catchment area for Edinbarnet Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Edinbarnet 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Edinbarnet Primary School?
If you live in Edinbarnet Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Edinbarnet Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Edinbarnet Primary School?
Edinbarnet Primary School is at Faifley Road, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 5EY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)