Kirklandneuk Primary School, RENFREW
Kirklandneuk Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Renfrew.
- Attendance
- 92.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirklandneuk Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirklandneuk 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 424 pupils, an average class size of 26.5 and 17.1 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
31% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.3% in 2024/25, and 26.9% 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 Kirklandneuk Primary School are St James's Primary School (Renfrew) (0.3 miles), Newmains Primary School (0.7 miles), Arkleston Primary School (1 mile) and Our Holy Redeemer Primary School (1.2 miles).
St James's Primary School (Renfrew)Newmains Primary SchoolArkleston Primary SchoolOur Holy Redeemer Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Yoker Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blythswood Retail Park (opposite), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Kirklandneuk Primary School are Trinity High School (0.5 miles) and Renfrew High School (0.7 miles).
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 Kirklandneuk Primary School in December 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kirklandneuk Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 2 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.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kirklandneuk Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kirklandneuk Primary School
When was Kirklandneuk Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirklandneuk Primary School in December 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kirklandneuk Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirklandneuk 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 Kirklandneuk Primary School?
If you live in Kirklandneuk 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 Kirklandneuk 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, 2 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 Kirklandneuk Primary School?
Kirklandneuk Primary School is at Ard Road, RENFREW, RENFREW, PA4 9DA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)