Ralston Primary School, PAISLEY
Ralston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ralston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ralston 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.
Ralston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 375 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 19.1 pupils per teacher.
8% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
11% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 53% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 8.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 82% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ralston Primary School are St George's Primary School (0.4 miles), Sandwood Primary School (0.5 miles), Hillington Primary School (0.6 miles) and Arkleston Primary School (1.1 miles).
St George's Primary SchoolSandwood Primary SchoolHillington Primary SchoolArkleston Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hillington West Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Craigmuir Road (after), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ralston Primary School are Rosshall Academy (0.8 miles), Lourdes Secondary School (1.4 miles), Paisley Grammar School (1.4 miles) and St Andrew's Academy (1.5 miles).
Rosshall AcademyLourdes Secondary SchoolPaisley Grammar SchoolSt Andrew's 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 Ralston Primary School in August 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Keep up with Ralston Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Ralston Primary School
When was Ralston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Ralston Primary School in August 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Ralston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ralston 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 Ralston Primary School?
If you live in Ralston 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 Ralston 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, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Ralston Primary School?
Ralston Primary School is at School Road, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA1 3AT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)