Lady Alice Primary School, GREENOCK
Lady Alice Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 92.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lady Alice Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lady Alice 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.
Lady Alice Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 167 pupils, an average class size of 20.9 and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.6% in 2024/25, and 27.7% 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 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lady Alice Primary School are St Joseph's Primary School (0.4 miles), Whinhill Primary School (0.6 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Ardgowan Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Joseph's Primary SchoolWhinhill Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolArdgowan Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumfrochar Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rose Street (before), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lady Alice Primary School are Notre Dame High School (0.5 miles), Inverclyde Academy (0.9 miles), Clydeview Academy (0.9 miles) and St Columba's High School (1.5 miles).
Notre Dame High SchoolInverclyde AcademyClydeview AcademySt Columba's 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 Lady Alice Primary School in February 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 6
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, 3 serious and 5 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 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 Lady Alice Primary School
When was Lady Alice Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lady Alice Primary School in February 2022.
What is the catchment area for Lady Alice Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lady Alice 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 Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lady Alice Primary School?
If you live in Lady Alice Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Lady Alice 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, 3 serious and 5 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lady Alice Primary School?
Lady Alice Primary School is at Gateside Avenue, GREENOCK, GREENOCK, PA16 9EJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)