Oxgang Primary School, Kirkintilloch
Oxgang Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirkintilloch.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Oxgang Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Oxgang 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 210 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 37% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 19.2% 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 53% full.
Oxgang Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "The vision, values and aims for Oxgang Primary School have been created in conjunction with staff, pupils and the Parent Council."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, dance, chess and coding.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Oxgang Primary School are Hillhead Primary School (0.4 miles), Holy Trinity Primary School (0.4 miles), Gartconner Primary School (0.7 miles) and Harestanes Primary School (0.7 miles).
Hillhead Primary SchoolHoly Trinity Primary SchoolGartconner Primary SchoolHarestanes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lenzie Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lammermoor Road (after), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Oxgang Primary School are Kirkintilloch High School (0.2 miles), East Dunbartonshire Central School (0.8 miles), St Ninian's High School (1.1 miles) and Lenzie Academy (1.2 miles).
Kirkintilloch High SchoolEast Dunbartonshire Central SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolLenzie Academy
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 Oxgang Primary School in January 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Oxgang Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
2 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Oxgang Primary School
When was Oxgang Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Oxgang Primary School in January 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 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 Oxgang Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Oxgang 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 Oxgang Primary School?
If you live in Oxgang 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 Oxgang Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 2 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 Oxgang Primary School?
Oxgang Primary School is at Lammermoor Road, Kirkintilloch, Kirkintilloch, G66 2AB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)