Kinneil Primary School, Bo'ness
Kinneil Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bo'ness.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kinneil Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kinneil 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.
Kinneil Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 235 pupils, an average class size of 23.5 and 15.9 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
20% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 21.8% 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 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kinneil Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Bo'ness Public School (0.5 miles), Deanburn Primary School (0.6 miles) and Grange Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolBo'ness Public SchoolDeanburn Primary SchoolGrange Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Kinneil (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway), about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Richmond Terrace (before), 100 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 Kinneil Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Questions parents ask about Kinneil Primary School
What is the catchment area for Kinneil Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kinneil 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 Kinneil Primary School?
If you live in Kinneil 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 Kinneil Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Kinneil Primary School?
Kinneil Primary School is at Dean Road, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 0DJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)