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Busby Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
23 Church Road, Busby, GLASGOW G76 8EB · ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk · 0141 570 7040
Overview
- Pupils
- 249
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- East Renfrewshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 120 places
- Teachers
- 17.9
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
- Average class size
- 22.6
- Additional support needs
- 58 pupils (23%)
- English as an additional language
- 6 pupils (2%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (166 pupils)
- P6 and older20.5% (17 pupils)
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 16 December 2014) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 5 (very 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
- 16 Dec 2014
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 5 · Very 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
- 10 Nov 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 120
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |