St Bernadette's RC Primary School, LARBERT
St Bernadette's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Larbert. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bernadette's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Bernadette's RC 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.
St Bernadette's RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 179 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 13.9% 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 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bernadette's RC Primary School are Stenhousemuir Primary School (0.6 miles), Kinnaird Primary School (0.7 miles), Carron Primary School (0.8 miles) and Carronshore Primary School (1 mile).
Stenhousemuir Primary SchoolKinnaird Primary SchoolCarron Primary SchoolCarronshore Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larbert Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lochmaben Drive (opposite), 90 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 St Bernadette's RC 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
- 5
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 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 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Bernadette's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bernadette's RC 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Bernadette's RC 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 St Bernadette's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Bernadette's RC Primary School?
St Bernadette's RC Primary School is at Edward Avenue, Stenhousemuir, LARBERT, LARBERT, FK5 4XR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)