Clober Primary School, Milngavie
Clober Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Milngavie.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Clober Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Clober 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.
Clober Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 303 pupils, an average class size of 23.3 and 14.9 pupils per teacher.
20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 10.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 85% full.
Clober Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school is a happy, vibrant place where every child is valued. We pride ourselves on the high standard of learning and teaching we provide for our pupils to give them the best possible start in life. Please take some time to browse our pages and find out what we've been up to."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, athletics, cross-country, running, yoga, dance, drama and chess.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Clober Primary School are Craigdhu Primary School (0.5 miles), Milngavie Primary School (0.7 miles), Mosshead Primary School (0.9 miles) and Baljaffray Primary School (1.2 miles).
Craigdhu Primary SchoolMilngavie Primary SchoolMosshead Primary SchoolBaljaffray Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Milngavie Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirk Street (after), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Clober Primary School are Douglas Academy (0.6 miles) and Bearsden Academy (1.2 miles).
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 Clober Primary School in December 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 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 Clober Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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 Clober Primary School
When was Clober Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clober Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as 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 Clober Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Clober 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 Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Clober Primary School?
If you live in Clober Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Clober Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Clober Primary School?
Clober Primary School is at Kirk Street, Milngavie, Milngavie, G62 7PN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)