Cathedral Primary School, Motherwell
Cathedral Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Motherwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cathedral Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cathedral 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.
Cathedral Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 517 pupils, an average class size of 27.2 and 19 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 24% speak English as an additional language.
43% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 21% 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 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cathedral Primary School are Muir Street Primary School (0.2 miles), Ladywell Primary School (0.6 miles), Glencairn Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Bernadette's Primary (0.9 miles).
Muir Street Primary SchoolLadywell Primary SchoolGlencairn Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Motherwell Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duke Street (after), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cathedral Primary School are Braidhurst High School (0.5 miles), Dalziel High School (0.7 miles), Taylor High School (1.3 miles) and Our Lady's High School - Motherwell (1.4 miles).
Braidhurst High SchoolDalziel High SchoolTaylor High SchoolOur Lady's High School - Motherwell
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 Cathedral Primary School in October 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeexcellent
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentexcellent
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionexcellent
- 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 Cathedral Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Cathedral Primary School
When was Cathedral Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cathedral Primary School in October 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as excellent; learning, teaching and assessment as excellent; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as excellent and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Cathedral Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cathedral 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 Cathedral Primary School?
If you live in Cathedral 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 Cathedral Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Cathedral Primary School?
Cathedral Primary School is at 171 Milton Street, Motherwell, Motherwell, ML1 1DH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)