Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class, GLASGOW
Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class in detail
School in Scotland
Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class 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.
Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 146 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
72% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 24.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 63% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class are St Joachim's Primary School (0.2 miles), Mount Vernon Primary School (0.9 miles), James Aiton Primary School (1 mile) and Newton Farm Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Joachim's Primary SchoolMount Vernon Primary SchoolJames Aiton Primary SchoolNewton Farm Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carmyle Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Douglas Avenue (after), 250 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class are Eastbank Academy (1.4 miles), Trinity High School (1.4 miles), Cathkin High School (1.7 miles) and Bannerman High School (1.7 miles).
Eastbank AcademyTrinity High SchoolCathkin High SchoolBannerman High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class in June 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class
When was Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class in June 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class?
If you live in Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class?
Carmyle Primary School & Nursery Class is at Hillcrest Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G32 8AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)