Kilbarchan Primary School, KILBARCHAN
Kilbarchan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilbarchan.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilbarchan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kilbarchan 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.
Kilbarchan Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 189 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 14.9 pupils per teacher.
31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
16% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kilbarchan Primary School are St Margaret's Primary School (1.4 miles), Fordbank Primary School (1.4 miles), St David's Primary School (1.4 miles) and Cochrane Castle Primary (1.4 miles).
St Margaret's Primary SchoolFordbank Primary SchoolSt David's Primary SchoolCochrane Castle Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Milliken Park Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is East Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Kilbarchan Primary School are Johnstone High School (1.6 miles), St Benedict's High School (1.6 miles), Linwood High School (1.8 miles) and Gryffe High School (1.8 miles).
Johnstone High SchoolSt Benedict's High SchoolLinwood High SchoolGryffe High School
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 Kilbarchan Primary School in April 2025.
- 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
Keep up with Kilbarchan Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kilbarchan Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kilbarchan Primary School
When was Kilbarchan Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilbarchan Primary School in April 2025. 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 Kilbarchan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilbarchan 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 Kilbarchan Primary School?
If you live in Kilbarchan 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 Kilbarchan Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kilbarchan Primary School?
Kilbarchan Primary School is at Meadside Avenue, KILBARCHAN, KILBARCHAN, PA10 2LA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)