Grange Primary School, Bo'ness
Grange Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bo'ness.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Grange Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Grange 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.
Grange Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 245 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 20.3% 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 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Grange Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Bo'ness Public School (0.5 miles), Kinneil Primary School (0.9 miles) and Deanburn Primary School (1.5 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolBo'ness Public SchoolKinneil Primary SchoolDeanburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Bo’ness (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway), about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Graham Crescent (opposite), 130 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Grange Primary School in September 2023.
- 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
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Grange Primary School
When was Grange Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Grange Primary School in September 2023. 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 Grange Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Grange 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 Grange Primary School?
If you live in Grange 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 Grange 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, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Grange Primary School?
Grange Primary School is at Grange Loan, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 9DX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)