St Mungo's RC Primary School, Bowhouse Road
St Mungo's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bowhouse Road. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mungo's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Mungo'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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 124 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
36% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 17.5% 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 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mungo's RC Primary School are Park Primary School (0.2 miles), Sunnyside Primary School (0.8 miles), Redwell primary school (0.9 miles) and Craigbank Primary School (1.3 miles).
Park Primary SchoolSunnyside Primary SchoolRedwell primary schoolCraigbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 1010 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lime Tree Walk (opposite), 140 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 Mungo's RC Primary School'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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 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 Mungo's RC Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Mungo's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mungo'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 Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Mungo's RC Primary School?
If you live in St Mungo's RC Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Clackmannanshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Clackmannanshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Mungo's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Mungo's RC Primary School?
St Mungo's RC Primary School is at C/o Alloa Academy, Bowhouse Road, Bowhouse Road, FK10 1DN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)