Moorfoot Primary School, GREENOCK
Moorfoot Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Moorfoot Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Moorfoot 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.
Moorfoot Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 229 pupils, an average class size of 22.9 and 12.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
10% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.3% in 2024/25, and 16.3% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Moorfoot Primary School are St Ninian's Primary School (0.6 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (0.8 miles), Gourock Primary School (0.9 miles) and Aileymill Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Ninian's Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Primary SchoolGourock Primary SchoolAileymill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gourock Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moorfoot Drive (at), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Moorfoot Primary School are St Columba's High School (0.6 miles), Inverclyde Academy (1.2 miles) and Clydeview Academy (1.3 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 Moorfoot Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 Moorfoot Primary School
What is the catchment area for Moorfoot Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Moorfoot 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 Moorfoot Primary School?
If you live in Moorfoot 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 Moorfoot 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Moorfoot Primary School?
Moorfoot Primary School is at Moorfoot Drive, GREENOCK, GREENOCK, PA19 1ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)