St Fergus Primary School, PAISLEY
St Fergus Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Fergus Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Fergus 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 Fergus Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 78% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 25% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 20% 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 89% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Fergus Primary School are Glencoats Primary School (0.1 miles), West Primary School (0.7 miles), St Mary's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Mossvale Primary School (0.8 miles).
Glencoats Primary SchoolWest Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary SchoolMossvale Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley St James Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Darkwood Drive (opposite), 240 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Fergus Primary School are Castlehead High School (1 mile), Paisley Grammar School (1.5 miles) and Gleniffer High School (1.7 miles).
Castlehead High SchoolPaisley Grammar SchoolGleniffer 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Fergus 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
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 3 serious and 1 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 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 Fergus Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Fergus Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Fergus 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 Fergus Primary School?
If you live in St Fergus 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 Fergus 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, 3 serious and 1 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Fergus Primary School?
St Fergus Primary School is at Bankfoot Road, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA3 1LA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)