Redwell primary school, Alloa
Redwell primary school is a primary school for pupils in Alloa.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Redwell primary school in detail
School in Scotland
Redwell 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.
Redwell primary school has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 390 pupils, an average class size of 26 and 15.7 pupils per teacher.
27% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 17.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Redwell primary school are Sunnyside Primary School (0.6 miles), St Mungo's RC Primary School (0.9 miles), Park Primary School (0.9 miles) and Craigbank Primary School (1.1 miles).
Sunnyside Primary SchoolSt Mungo's RC Primary SchoolPark Primary SchoolCraigbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 1110 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Redwell Place (opp 3), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Redwell primary school are Alloa Academy (0.9 miles) and Lornshill Academy (1.1 miles).
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 Redwell primary school's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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 Redwell primary school
What is the catchment area for Redwell primary school?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Redwell 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 Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Redwell primary school?
If you live in Redwell primary school's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Clackmannanshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Clackmannanshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Redwell 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Redwell primary school?
Redwell primary school is at Stirling Road, Alloa, Alloa, FK10 2BS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)