Williamsburgh Primary School, PAISLEY
Williamsburgh Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Williamsburgh Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Williamsburgh 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.
Williamsburgh Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 332 pupils, an average class size of 25.5 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
18% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 11% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
50% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 25.9% 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 56% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Williamsburgh Primary School are St John Ogilvie Primary School (0.1 miles), St Catherine's Primary School (0.6 miles), Gallowhill Primary School (0.7 miles) and Todholm Primary School (0.9 miles).
St John Ogilvie Primary SchoolSt Catherine's Primary SchoolGallowhill Primary SchoolTodholm Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hawkhead Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lacy Street (at), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Williamsburgh Primary School are Paisley Grammar School (0.2 miles), Castlehead High School (1.1 miles) and St Andrew's Academy (1.2 miles).
Paisley Grammar SchoolCastlehead High SchoolSt Andrew's Academy
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 Williamsburgh Primary School in April 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Williamsburgh Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
5 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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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Williamsburgh Primary School
Questions parents ask about Williamsburgh Primary School
When was Williamsburgh Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Williamsburgh Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Williamsburgh Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Williamsburgh 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Williamsburgh Primary School?
If you live in Williamsburgh Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Williamsburgh Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 5 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Williamsburgh Primary School?
Williamsburgh Primary School is at Lacy Street, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA1 1QF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)