St Charles' Primary School, PAISLEY
St Charles' Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Charles' Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Charles' 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 Charles' Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 371 pupils, an average class size of 26.5 and 18.7 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
42% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 27.8% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Charles' Primary School are Lochfield Primary School (0.3 miles), Bushes Primary School (0.6 miles), Todholm Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (0.8 miles).
Lochfield Primary SchoolBushes Primary SchoolTodholm Primary SchoolSt Peter's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley Canal Rail Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thrushcraig Crescent (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Charles' Primary School are Castlehead High School (0.7 miles), Paisley Grammar School (1 mile), St Andrew's Academy (1 mile) and Gleniffer High School (1.6 miles).
Castlehead High SchoolPaisley Grammar SchoolSt Andrew's AcademyGleniffer 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 St Charles' Primary School in March 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 4 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Charles' Primary School
When was St Charles' Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Charles' Primary School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Charles' Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Charles' 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Charles' Primary School?
If you live in St Charles' Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Charles' Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 4 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Charles' Primary School?
St Charles' Primary School is at Rowan Street, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA2 6RU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)