Cross Arthurlie Primary School, GLASGOW
Cross Arthurlie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cross Arthurlie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cross Arthurlie 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.
Cross Arthurlie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 334 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 14 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
16% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 21% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.2% in 2024/25, and 17.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cross Arthurlie Primary School are St John's Primary School (0.5 miles), Carlibar Primary School (0.7 miles), St Mark's Primary School (1.1 miles) and Hillview Primary School (1.2 miles).
St John's Primary SchoolCarlibar Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolHillview Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Barrhead Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dealston Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cross Arthurlie Primary School are Barrhead High School (0.9 miles), St Luke's High School (1.4 miles) and St Andrew's Academy (1.7 miles).
Barrhead High SchoolSt Luke's High SchoolSt Andrew's Academy
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 Cross Arthurlie Primary School in September 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery 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 Cross Arthurlie Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- 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, 2 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 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
Cross Arthurlie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Cross Arthurlie Primary School
When was Cross Arthurlie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cross Arthurlie Primary School in September 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Cross Arthurlie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cross Arthurlie 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 Cross Arthurlie Primary School?
If you live in Cross Arthurlie 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 Cross Arthurlie 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, 2 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 Cross Arthurlie Primary School?
Cross Arthurlie Primary School is at 7 Fern Drive, Barrhead, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 1JF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)