St Ronan's Primary School, ALEXANDRIA
St Ronan's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Alexandria. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Ronan's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Ronan'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.
St Ronan's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 95 pupils, an average class size of 19 and 14 pupils per teacher.
50% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.6% in 2024/25, and 25.8% 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 43% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Ronan's Primary School are Lennox Primary School (0.2 miles), Bonhill Primary School (0.3 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Alexandria) (0.6 miles) and St Martin's Primary School (0.7 miles).
Lennox Primary SchoolBonhill Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Alexandria)St Martin's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alexandria Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bonhill Library (at), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Ronan's Primary School are Vale Of Leven Academy (0.8 miles) and Our Lady & St Patrick's High School (1.6 miles).
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 Ronan's Primary School in May 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeexcellent
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Ronan's Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 3 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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Ronan's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Ronan's Primary School
When was St Ronan's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Ronan's Primary School in May 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as excellent; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Ronan's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Ronan'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 Ronan's Primary School?
If you live in St Ronan'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 Ronan'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. 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Ronan's Primary School?
St Ronan's Primary School is at Ladyton, Bonhill, ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, G83 9DZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)