St Kessog's Primary School, ALEXANDRIA
St Kessog's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Alexandria. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Kessog's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Kessog's 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 133 pupils, an average class size of 12.1 and 8.9 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
47% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 27.7% 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 62% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Kessog's Primary School are Balloch Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Levenvale Primary School (0.6 miles), Christie Park Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria) (1 mile).
Balloch Primary SchoolLevenvale Primary SchoolChristie Park Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Balloch Rail Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Smith Crescent (opposite), 100 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 Kessog's Primary School in June 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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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Getting There
Train Stations
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 1 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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 Kessog's Primary School
When was St Kessog's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Kessog's Primary School in June 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 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 Kessog's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Kessog's 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Kessog's Primary School?
If you live in St Kessog's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Kessog's 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, 1 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Kessog's Primary School?
St Kessog's Primary School is at Carrochan Road, Balloch, ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, G83 8FA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)