Crookfur Primary School, GLASGOW
Crookfur Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crookfur Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Crookfur 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.
Crookfur Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 490 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 17.1 pupils per teacher.
10% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 9.2% 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 97% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crookfur Primary School are St Cadoc's Primary School (0.7 miles), Kirkhill Primary School (1.2 miles), Mearns Primary School (1.3 miles) and Our Lady Of The Missions Primary School (1.4 miles).
St Cadoc's Primary SchoolKirkhill Primary SchoolMearns Primary SchoolOur Lady Of The Missions Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Patterton Rail Station, about 680 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eastwood High School (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Crookfur Primary School are Eastwood High School (0.1 miles), Mearns Castle High School (1.4 miles), St Ninian's High School (1.4 miles) and Woodfarm High School (1.4 miles).
Eastwood High SchoolMearns Castle High SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolWoodfarm 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 Crookfur Primary School in February 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Securing children’s progressvery 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 Crookfur Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Crookfur Primary School
Questions parents ask about Crookfur Primary School
When was Crookfur Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crookfur Primary School in February 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and securing children’s progress as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Crookfur Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crookfur 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 Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Crookfur Primary School?
If you live in Crookfur Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Crookfur Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crookfur Primary School?
Crookfur Primary School is at Capelrig Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 6LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)