Hillhead Primary School, Kirkintilloch
Hillhead Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirkintilloch.
- Attendance
- 85.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hillhead Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Hillhead 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.
Hillhead Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 87 pupils, an average class size of 17.4 and 8 pupils per teacher.
47% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 85.3% in 2024/25, and 56.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 39% full.
Hillhead Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Hillhead Primary School is a non-denominational primary in the town of Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire. The Head Teacher has been in post since April 2025 and is supported by a Depute Head Teacher and a Principal Teacher. The school currently has five classes three of which are composites."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hillhead Primary School are Holy Trinity Primary School (0.3 miles), Oxgang Primary School (0.4 miles), Harestanes Primary School (0.8 miles) and Lairdsland Primary School (0.9 miles).
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolOxgang Primary SchoolHarestanes Primary SchoolLairdsland Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lenzie Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newdyke Ave (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hillhead Primary School are East Dunbartonshire Central School (0.5 miles), Kirkintilloch High School (0.6 miles), St Ninian's High School (0.8 miles) and Lenzie Academy (1.1 miles).
East Dunbartonshire Central SchoolKirkintilloch High SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolLenzie Academy
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 Hillhead Primary School in April 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Hillhead Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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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Hillhead Primary School
Questions parents ask about Hillhead Primary School
When was Hillhead Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Hillhead Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Hillhead Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hillhead 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 East Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Hillhead Primary School?
If you live in Hillhead Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Hillhead Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hillhead Primary School?
Hillhead Primary School is at Newdyke Avenue, Kirkintilloch, Kirkintilloch, G66 2DQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)