Shieldhill Primary School, FALKIRK
Shieldhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Falkirk.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Shieldhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Shieldhill 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.
Shieldhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 162 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 13 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 17.9% 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 47% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Shieldhill Primary School are California Primary School (0.7 miles), Hallglen Primary School (1.1 miles), Comely Park Primary School (1.8 miles) and Westquarter Primary School (1.8 miles).
California Primary SchoolHallglen Primary SchoolComely Park Primary SchoolWestquarter Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Falkirk High Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenmount Drive (at), 130 metres away.
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 Shieldhill Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Shieldhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 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 Shieldhill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Shieldhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Shieldhill 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 Falkirk. Falkirk publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Shieldhill Primary School?
If you live in Shieldhill Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Falkirk will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Falkirk - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Shieldhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Shieldhill Primary School?
Shieldhill Primary School is at Main Street, Shieldhill, FALKIRK, FALKIRK, FK1 2HA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)