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Ladeside Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Carronvale Road, Larbert FK5 3LH · ladeside.falkirk.sch.uk · 01324 503460
Overview
- Pupils
- 228
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Falkirk
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Special unit
- Has an integrated special unit
- Nursery class
- Yes · 48 places
- Teachers
- 24.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.4
- Average class size
- 22.8
- Additional support needs
- 105 pupils (46%)
- English as an additional language
- 7 pupils (3%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (151 pupils)
- P6 and older42.9% (33 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 27%
- 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 (inspection, report published 30 August 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 5 (very good); The curriculum 5 (very good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 30 Aug 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 5 · Very good |
| The curriculum | 5 · Very good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 30 Oct 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 48
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very 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 |