Hermitage Primary School, Helensburgh
Hermitage Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Helensburgh.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hermitage Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Hermitage 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 372 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 18.9 pupils per teacher.
17% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 43% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 12.8% 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 good (A); the school was 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hermitage Primary School are St Joseph's Primary School (0.5 miles), John Logie Baird Primary School (0.7 miles), Colgrain Primary School (0.8 miles) and Rhu Primary School (2.2 miles).
St Joseph's Primary SchoolJohn Logie Baird Primary SchoolColgrain Primary SchoolRhu Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Helensburgh Central Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Victoria Halls (at), 230 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 Hermitage Primary School in December 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Hermitage Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 4 serious and 4 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Hermitage Primary School
When was Hermitage Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Hermitage Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Hermitage Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hermitage 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Hermitage Primary School?
If you live in Hermitage Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Hermitage 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, 4 serious and 4 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hermitage Primary School?
Hermitage Primary School is at Argyle Street East, Helensburgh, Helensburgh, G84 7EW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)