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Bantaskin Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Bantaskine Road, Falkirk FK1 5HT · bantaskin.falkirk.sch.uk · 01324 508500
Overview
- Pupils
- 239
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Falkirk
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 49 places
- Teachers
- 15.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
- Average class size
- 21.7
- Additional support needs
- 51 pupils (21%)
- English as an additional language
- 5 pupils (2%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (173 pupils)
- P6 and older53% (35 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 10%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 11 February 2025) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 11 Feb 2025
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Previously: inspection, Dec 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Dec 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 2 · Weak Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 3 · Satisfactory The curriculum 3 · Satisfactory Improvement through self-evaluation 2 · Weak
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 2 Feb 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 49
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |