Our Lady of Loretto Primary School, CLYDEBANK
Our Lady of Loretto Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Clydebank. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Our Lady of Loretto Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Our Lady of Loretto 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.
Our Lady of Loretto Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 248 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 32.4% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady of Loretto Primary School are Clydemuir Primary School (0.2 miles), St Stephen's Primary School (0.5 miles), Carleith Primary School (0.9 miles) and Rashielea Primary School (0.9 miles).
Clydemuir Primary SchoolSt Stephen's Primary SchoolCarleith Primary SchoolRashielea Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalmuir Rail Station, about 400 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burns Street (opposite), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady of Loretto Primary School are Clydebank High School (0.8 miles), Park Mains High School (1 mile) and St Peter the Apostle High School (1.4 miles).
Clydebank High SchoolPark Mains High SchoolSt Peter the Apostle High School
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 Our Lady of Loretto 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
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 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 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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Questions parents ask about Our Lady of Loretto Primary School
What is the catchment area for Our Lady of Loretto Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady of Loretto 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 Our Lady of Loretto Primary School?
If you live in Our Lady of Loretto 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 Our Lady of Loretto Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Our Lady of Loretto Primary School?
Our Lady of Loretto Primary School is at Castle Street, Dalmuir, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 4HN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)