Raploch Primary School, STIRLING
Raploch Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Stirling.
- Attendance
- 91.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Raploch Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Raploch 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 244 pupils, an average class size of 22.2 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
57% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.1% in 2024/25, and 32.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Raploch Primary School are Our Lady's RC Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Cornton Primary School (0.7 miles), Riverside Primary School (0.7 miles) and Allan's Primary School (0.8 miles).
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolCornton Primary SchoolRiverside Primary SchoolAllan's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stirling Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Raploch Campus (at), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Raploch Primary School are Wallace High School (1.1 miles), Stirling High School (1.7 miles) and St Modan's High School (1.8 miles).
Wallace High SchoolStirling High SchoolSt Modan's 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Raploch Primary School in January 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Raploch Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 2 serious and 8 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 pupils are likely to move to
Raploch Primary School
Questions parents ask about Raploch Primary School
When was Raploch Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Raploch Primary School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Raploch Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Raploch 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Raploch Primary School?
If you live in Raploch Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Raploch 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, 2 serious and 8 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Raploch Primary School?
Raploch Primary School is at Raploch Community Campus, Drip Road, STIRLING, STIRLING, FK8 1SD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)