St Margaret's RC Primary, Cowie
St Margaret's RC Primary is a primary school for pupils in Cowie. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Margaret's RC Primary in detail
School in Scotland
St Margaret'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 139 pupils, an average class size of 23.2 and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
58% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 31.8% 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 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret's RC Primary are Cowie Primary School (under 0.1 miles), East Plean Primary School (1.4 miles), Corbiewood Primary School (1.6 miles) and Bannockburn Primary School (1.7 miles).
Cowie Primary SchoolEast Plean Primary SchoolCorbiewood Primary SchoolBannockburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stirling Rail Station, about 3.6 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Costcutter (at), 110 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 Margaret's RC Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Margaret's RC Primary
What is the catchment area for St Margaret's RC Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Margaret'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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Margaret's RC Primary?
If you live in St Margaret's RC Primary's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Margaret's RC Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Margaret's RC Primary?
St Margaret's RC Primary is at McSherry Court, Cowie, Cowie, FK7 7FE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)