Glencoats Primary School, PAISLEY
Glencoats Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glencoats Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Glencoats 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 173 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 9.5 pupils per teacher.
56% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 33.9% 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 good (A); the school was 49% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glencoats Primary School are St Fergus Primary School (0.1 miles), West Primary School (0.7 miles), St Mary's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Mossvale Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Fergus Primary SchoolWest Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary SchoolMossvale Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley St James Rail Station, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westburn Avenue (before), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Glencoats Primary School are Castlehead High School (1.1 miles), Paisley Grammar School (1.6 miles) and Gleniffer High School (1.7 miles).
Castlehead High SchoolPaisley Grammar SchoolGleniffer 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 Glencoats Primary School in December 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentexcellent
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Glencoats Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Glencoats Primary School
When was Glencoats Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glencoats Primary School in December 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as excellent and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glencoats Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glencoats 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Glencoats Primary School?
If you live in Glencoats Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Glencoats Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glencoats Primary School?
Glencoats Primary School is at Falcon Crescent, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA3 1NS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)