Cathkin Primary School, Rutherglen
Cathkin Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Rutherglen.
- Attendance
- 88.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cathkin Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cathkin 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.
Cathkin Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 222 pupils, an average class size of 15.9 and 10.4 pupils per teacher.
69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 70% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
68% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.2% in 2024/25, and 40.3% 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 good (A); the school was 61% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cathkin Primary School are Loch Primary School (0.3 miles), St Anthony's Primary School (0.3 miles), St Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen) (0.8 miles) and Burnside Primary School (0.8 miles).
Loch Primary SchoolSt Anthony's Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen)Burnside Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Burnside (Strathclyde) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glencoe Road (opposite), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cathkin Primary School are Cathkin High School (0.6 miles), Stonelaw High School (1 mile), Trinity High School (1.1 miles) and Castlemilk High School (1.5 miles).
Cathkin High SchoolStonelaw High SchoolTrinity High SchoolCastlemilk 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 Cathkin Primary School in May 2023.
- 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 Cathkin Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- 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, 2 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Cathkin Primary School
Questions parents ask about Cathkin Primary School
When was Cathkin Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cathkin Primary School in May 2023. 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 Cathkin Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cathkin 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 Cathkin Primary School?
If you live in Cathkin 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 Cathkin 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, 2 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cathkin Primary School?
Cathkin Primary School is at Burnside Road, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, G73 4AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)