Calderwood Primary School, Rutherglen
Calderwood Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Rutherglen.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Calderwood Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Calderwood 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 426 pupils, an average class size of 28.4 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 33% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 12.3% 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 92% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Calderwood Primary School are Burnside Primary School (0.4 miles), St Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen) (0.6 miles), St Columbkille's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Loch Primary School (0.7 miles).
Burnside Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen)St Columbkille's Primary SchoolLoch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Burnside (Strathclyde) Rail Station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Underwood Road (at), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Calderwood Primary School are Stonelaw High School (under 0.1 miles), Trinity High School (0.5 miles) and Cathkin High School (0.9 miles).
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 Calderwood Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
4 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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 Calderwood Primary School
What is the catchment area for Calderwood Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calderwood 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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Calderwood Primary School?
If you live in Calderwood Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Calderwood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 4 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Calderwood Primary School?
Calderwood Primary School is at Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, G73 3PQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)