Croftfoot Primary School, GLASGOW
Croftfoot Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Croftfoot Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Croftfoot 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 296 pupils, an average class size of 24.7 and 13.4 pupils per teacher.
68% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 71% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 34% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 24.2% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Croftfoot Primary School are St Bartholomew's Primary School (0.4 miles), King's Park Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mirin's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Spittal Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Bartholomew's Primary SchoolKing's Park Primary SchoolSt Mirin's Primary SchoolSpittal Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croftfoot Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ferncroft Drive (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Croftfoot Primary School are King's Park Secondary School (0.5 miles), St Margaret Mary's Secondary School (0.8 miles) and Castlemilk High School (0.9 miles).
King's Park Secondary SchoolSt Margaret Mary's Secondary 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Croftfoot Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 3 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Croftfoot Primary School
What is the catchment area for Croftfoot Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Croftfoot 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Croftfoot Primary School?
If you live in Croftfoot Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Croftfoot 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, 3 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Croftfoot Primary School?
Croftfoot Primary School is at 265 Croftpark Avenue, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G44 5NT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)