Mossvale Primary School, PAISLEY
Mossvale Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 91.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mossvale Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mossvale 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.
Mossvale Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 194 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.2% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mossvale Primary School are St James's Primary School (Paisley) (under 0.1 miles), St Catherine's Primary School (0.7 miles), St Fergus Primary School (0.8 miles) and Glencoats Primary School (0.9 miles).
St James's Primary School (Paisley)St Catherine's Primary SchoolSt Fergus Primary SchoolGlencoats Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley St James Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fullarton Street (after), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mossvale Primary School are Paisley Grammar School (1.1 miles) and Castlehead High School (1.2 miles).
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 Mossvale Primary School in April 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 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
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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
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Mossvale Primary School
Questions parents ask about Mossvale Primary School
When was Mossvale Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mossvale Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Mossvale Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mossvale 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Mossvale Primary School?
If you live in Mossvale Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Mossvale 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mossvale Primary School?
Mossvale Primary School is at Gockston Road, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA3 2QB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)