Heriot Primary School, PAISLEY
Heriot Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Heriot Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Heriot 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.
Heriot Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 199 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 14.7 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 19.4% 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 46% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Heriot Primary School are St Paul's Primary School (0.4 miles), Brediland Primary School (0.5 miles), Wallace Primary School (0.8 miles) and Langcraigs Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Paul's Primary SchoolBrediland Primary SchoolWallace Primary SchoolLangcraigs Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Johnstone Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heriot Avenue (at 1a), 120 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 Heriot 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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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 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 Heriot Primary School
What is the catchment area for Heriot Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Heriot 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 Heriot Primary School?
If you live in Heriot 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 Heriot Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Heriot Primary School?
Heriot Primary School is at Heriot Avenue, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA2 0DS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)