Carolside Primary School, GLASGOW
Carolside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 96.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carolside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carolside 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.
Carolside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 548 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 15.4 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 96.3% in 2024/25, and 6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carolside Primary School are St Joseph's Primary School (0.3 miles), Busby Primary School (0.4 miles), Kirkhill Primary School (1 mile) and St Clare's Primary School (1.4 miles).
St Joseph's Primary SchoolBusby Primary SchoolKirkhill Primary SchoolSt Clare's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Clarkston Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenfield Road (before), 260 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carolside Primary School are Williamwood High School (0.4 miles), Mearns Castle High School (1.3 miles), St Ninian's High School (1.5 miles) and Eastwood High School (1.9 miles).
Williamwood High SchoolMearns Castle High SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolEastwood 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 Carolside Primary School in September 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeexcellent
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Carolside Primary School
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
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Carolside Primary School
Questions parents ask about Carolside Primary School
When was Carolside Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carolside Primary School in September 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as excellent; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Carolside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carolside 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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Carolside Primary School?
If you live in Carolside Primary 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 Carolside 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: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Carolside Primary School?
Carolside Primary School is at 4 Ashfield Road, Clarkston, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G76 7TX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)