Menstrie Primary School, Menstrie
Menstrie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Menstrie.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Menstrie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Menstrie 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.
Menstrie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 237 pupils, an average class size of 19.8 and 12.8 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
3% 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 13.8% 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 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Menstrie Primary School are St Serf's Primary School (0.9 miles), St Bernadette's RC Primary (1.2 miles), Abercromby Primary School (1.2 miles) and Banchory Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Serf's Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's RC PrimaryAbercromby Primary SchoolBanchory Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dumyat Centre (at), 230 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 Menstrie Primary School in November 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 Menstrie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 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
Menstrie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Menstrie Primary School
When was Menstrie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Menstrie Primary School in November 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 Menstrie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Menstrie 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 Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Menstrie Primary School?
If you live in Menstrie Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Clackmannanshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Clackmannanshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Menstrie 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Menstrie Primary School?
Menstrie Primary School is at Elmbank, Menstrie, Menstrie, FK11 7AP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)