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Calderwood Lodge P School, GLASGOW

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Jewish

Calderwood Lodge P School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Jewish religious character.

Attendance
93.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Calderwood Lodge P School in detail

School in Scotland

Calderwood Lodge P 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.

Calderwood Lodge P School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 129 pupils, an average class size of 18.4 and 8.9 pupils per teacher.

19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 21.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 61% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Calderwood Lodge P School are St Clare's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Kirkhill Primary School (0.6 miles), Carolside Primary School (1.4 miles) and Mearns Primary School (1.5 miles).

St Clare's Primary SchoolKirkhill Primary SchoolCarolside Primary SchoolMearns Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Whitecraigs Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broom Road East (before), 260 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Calderwood Lodge P School are Mearns Castle High School (0.2 miles), Williamwood High School (1.3 miles) and Eastwood High School (1.6 miles).

Mearns Castle High SchoolWilliamwood High SchoolEastwood High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:East Renfrewshire
Phone:0141 570 7060
Address:Waterfoot Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 5GP
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Calderwood Lodge P School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8454922

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with Calderwood Lodge P School

Getting There

Bus Stops

Broom Road East (before)
255m · 4 min walk
Castlehill Road (opp 65)
351m · 6 min walk
Castlehill Drive (at 65)
360m · 6 min walk
Alloway Drive (before)
543m · 9 min walk
Broomstone Avenue (opp)
565m · 9 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Calderwood Lodge P School

What is the catchment area for Calderwood Lodge P School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calderwood Lodge P 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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Calderwood Lodge P School?

If you live in Calderwood Lodge P School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Calderwood Lodge P School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Calderwood Lodge P School?

Calderwood Lodge P School is at Waterfoot Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 5GP.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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