Milngavie Primary School, Milngavie
Milngavie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Milngavie.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Milngavie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Milngavie 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.
Milngavie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 323 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
14% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 65% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 75% full.
Milngavie Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, rugby, hockey, tennis, gymnastics, badminton, swimming, judo and STEM.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Milngavie Primary School are Clober Primary School (0.7 miles), Craigdhu Primary School (0.7 miles), Mosshead Primary School (1 mile) and Killermont Primary School (1.6 miles).
Clober Primary SchoolCraigdhu Primary SchoolMosshead Primary SchoolKillermont Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Milngavie Rail Station, about 170 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Milngavie Railway Station (at), 200 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Milngavie Primary School are Douglas Academy (1.2 miles) and Bearsden Academy (1.6 miles).
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 Milngavie Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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 Milngavie Primary School
What is the catchment area for Milngavie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Milngavie 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 East Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Milngavie Primary School?
If you live in Milngavie Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Milngavie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Milngavie Primary School?
Milngavie Primary School is at Hillhead Street, Milngavie, Milngavie, G62 8AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)