St Bernadette's RC Primary, TULLIBODY
St Bernadette's RC Primary is a primary school for pupils in Tullibody. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bernadette's RC Primary in detail
School in Scotland
St Bernadette's RC Primary 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 91 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 23% speak English as an additional language.
42% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.6% in 2024/25, and 22.1% 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 good (A); the school was 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bernadette's RC Primary are Abercromby Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Serf's Primary School (0.3 miles), Banchory Primary School (0.4 miles) and Menstrie Primary School (1.2 miles).
Abercromby Primary SchoolSt Serf's Primary SchoolBanchory Primary SchoolMenstrie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Orchard (at), 30 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bernadette's RC Primary in November 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary
When was St Bernadette's RC Primary last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bernadette's RC Primary in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Bernadette's RC Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bernadette's RC Primary 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary?
If you live in St Bernadette's RC Primary'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 St Bernadette's RC Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary?
St Bernadette's RC Primary is at Tullibody South Campus, The Orchard, TULLIBODY, TULLIBODY, FK10 2SD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)