Whitecrook Primary School, CLYDEBANK
Whitecrook Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Clydebank.
- Attendance
- 90.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Whitecrook Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Whitecrook 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.
Whitecrook Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 119 pupils, an average class size of 17 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
62% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.1% in 2024/25, and 31.3% 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 33% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Whitecrook Primary School are Linnvale Primary School (0.3 miles), Our Holy Redeemer Primary School (0.6 miles), Antonine Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Eunan's Primary School (0.8 miles).
Linnvale Primary SchoolOur Holy Redeemer Primary SchoolAntonine Primary SchoolSt Eunan's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Clydebank Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Argyll Road (after), 250 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Whitecrook Primary School are St Peter the Apostle High School (0.8 miles), Clydebank High School (1 mile) and Trinity High School (1.7 miles).
St Peter the Apostle High SchoolClydebank High SchoolTrinity High School
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 Whitecrook Primary School in December 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeweak
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionweak
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Whitecrook Primary School
When was Whitecrook Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Whitecrook Primary School in December 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as weak; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as weak and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Whitecrook Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Whitecrook 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 Whitecrook Primary School?
If you live in Whitecrook 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 Whitecrook 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Whitecrook Primary School?
Whitecrook Primary School is at Cochno Street, Whitecrook, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 1RQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)