St Mary's RC Primary School, Bo'ness
St Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bo'ness. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mary's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Mary'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 Mary's RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 145 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 20.9% 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 46% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's RC Primary School are Bo'ness Public School (0.3 miles), Grange Primary School (0.4 miles), Kinneil Primary School (0.5 miles) and Deanburn Primary School (1.1 miles).
Bo'ness Public SchoolGrange Primary SchoolKinneil Primary SchoolDeanburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Bo’ness (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway), about 680 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Academy (after), 80 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 Mary'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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Getting There
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 2 serious and 2 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 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 Mary's RC Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Mary's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mary'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 Mary's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Mary'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 Mary's RC 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, 2 serious and 2 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 Falkirk is 4 (the median across 58 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Mary's RC Primary School?
St Mary's RC Primary School is at Gauze Road, Bo'ness, Bo'ness, EH51 9QB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)