Chapelhall Primary School, AIRDRIE
Chapelhall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Chapelhall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Chapelhall 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.
Chapelhall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 310 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 16.5 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 14% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 22.7% 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 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Chapelhall Primary School are St Aloysius' Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Calderbank Primary School (0.8 miles), Corpus Christi Primary School (0.8 miles) and Christ The King Primary (1.4 miles).
St Aloysius' Primary SchoolCalderbank Primary SchoolCorpus Christi Primary SchoolChrist The King Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumgelloch Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodhall Street (before), 140 metres away.
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 Chapelhall Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Chapelhall Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 3 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 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 Chapelhall Primary School
What is the catchment area for Chapelhall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Chapelhall 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 Chapelhall Primary School?
If you live in Chapelhall 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 Chapelhall 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, 3 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Chapelhall Primary School?
Chapelhall Primary School is at 1 Honeywell Crescent, Chapelhall, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 8XW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)