Giffnock Primary School, GLASGOW
Giffnock Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Giffnock Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Giffnock 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.
Giffnock Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 389 pupils, an average class size of 27.8 and 18 pupils per teacher.
10% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 62% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 11.5% 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 93% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Giffnock Primary School are Our Lady Of The Missions Primary School (0.5 miles), Braidbar Primary School (0.5 miles), Thornliebank Primary School (0.9 miles) and Netherlee Primary School (0.9 miles).
Our Lady Of The Missions Primary SchoolBraidbar Primary SchoolThornliebank Primary SchoolNetherlee Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Giffnock Rail Station, about 140 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Orchard Drive (before), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Giffnock Primary School are St Ninian's High School (0.4 miles), Woodfarm High School (0.7 miles), Hillpark Secondary School (0.8 miles) and Eastwood High School (1.7 miles).
St Ninian's High SchoolWoodfarm High SchoolHillpark Secondary SchoolEastwood 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 Giffnock Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
2 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.
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Questions parents ask about Giffnock Primary School
What is the catchment area for Giffnock Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Giffnock 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 Giffnock Primary School?
If you live in Giffnock 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 Giffnock Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 2 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 Giffnock Primary School?
Giffnock Primary School is at 1 Academy Road, Giffnock, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G46 6JL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)