Levenvale Primary School, ALEXANDRIA
Levenvale Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Alexandria.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Levenvale Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Levenvale 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.
Levenvale Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 192 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
51% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 29.5% 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 55% full.
Levenvale Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, hockey, basketball and dance.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Levenvale Primary School are Christie Park Primary School (0.4 miles), Balloch Primary School (0.6 miles), St Kessog's Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria) (0.8 miles).
Christie Park Primary SchoolBalloch Primary SchoolSt Kessog's Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Balloch Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Levenvale School (opposite), 90 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Levenvale Primary School in December 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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 Levenvale Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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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Levenvale Primary School
Questions parents ask about Levenvale Primary School
When was Levenvale Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Levenvale Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Levenvale Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Levenvale 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Levenvale Primary School?
If you live in Levenvale Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Levenvale Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Levenvale Primary School?
Levenvale Primary School is at Argyll Street, Levenvale, ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, G83 0QN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)