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Park Primary School, Alloa

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Alloa.

Attendance
91%
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Data last updated 1 Nov 2026

Park Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Park 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 308 pupils, an average class size of 20.5 and 10 pupils per teacher.

52% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

69% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91% in 2024/25.

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 75% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Park Primary School are St Mungo's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Sunnyside Primary School (0.7 miles), Redwell primary school (0.9 miles) and Craigbank Primary School (1.1 miles).

St Mungo's RC Primary SchoolSunnyside Primary SchoolRedwell primary schoolCraigbank Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Forth Crescent (opposite), 180 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Clackmannanshire
Phone:01259 724064
Address:East Castle Street, Alloa, Alloa, FK10 1BB
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Park Primary School in November 2025.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changegood
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5700523

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with Park Primary School

Nurseries

The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Park Primary School, with their latest published grades:

  • Park ELC - Nursery, under 0.1 miles
    Care Inspectorate, 23 January 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Sunnyside ELC - Nursery, 0.7 miles
    Care Inspectorate, 22 January 2026: Good in 4 key questions
  • Kidz World Nursery Ltd - Nursery, 0.7 miles
    Care Inspectorate, 7 April 2023: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Redwell ELC - Nursery, 0.9 miles
    Care Inspectorate, 31 August 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Little Stars Alloa - Nursery, 1.2 miles
    Care Inspectorate, 1 October 2025: Good in 4 key questions

Getting There

Train Stations

Alloa Rail Station
799m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

Forth Crescent (opp)
177m · 3 min walk
Bowhouse Gardens (after)
312m · 5 min walk
Greenside Street (at)
367m · 6 min walk
Broad St (opp)
394m · 6 min walk
Devon Rd (opp and before)
429m · 7 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.

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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Commute and house prices

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Park Primary School

When was Park Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Park Primary School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory.

How many road collisions happen near Park Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. 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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Park Primary School?

Park Primary School is at East Castle Street, Alloa, Alloa, FK10 1BB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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