Baird Memorial Primary School, CUMBERNAULD
Baird Memorial Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cumbernauld.
- Attendance
- 96%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Baird Memorial Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Baird Memorial 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.
Baird Memorial Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 195 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 26% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 98% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Baird Memorial Primary School are St Helen's Primary School (0.3 miles), Condorrat Primary School (0.3 miles), Ravenswood Primary School (0.5 miles) and Woodlands Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Helen's Primary SchoolCondorrat Primary SchoolRavenswood Primary SchoolWoodlands Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Greenfaulds Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Avonhead Road (before), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Baird Memorial Primary School are Greenfaulds High School (0.2 miles), Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld (0.6 miles), St Maurice's High School (0.8 miles) and Cumbernauld Academy (1.8 miles).
Greenfaulds High SchoolOur Lady's High School - CumbernauldSt Maurice's High SchoolCumbernauld Academy
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Baird Memorial Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Baird Memorial Primary School
What is the catchment area for Baird Memorial Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Baird Memorial 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Baird Memorial Primary School?
If you live in Baird Memorial Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Baird Memorial Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Baird Memorial Primary School?
Baird Memorial Primary School is at 6 Avonhead Road, Condorrat, CUMBERNAULD, CUMBERNAULD, G67 4RA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)