Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail, GLASGOW
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail in detail
School in Scotland
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail 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.
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 134 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 11.4 pupils per teacher.
62% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
18% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 13.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 62% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail are Glendale Primary School (0.1 miles), Pollokshields Primary School (0.2 miles), St Albert's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Cuthbertson Primary School and Nursery Class (0.5 miles).
Glendale Primary SchoolPollokshields Primary SchoolSt Albert's Primary SchoolCuthbertson Primary School and Nursery Class
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Pollokshields East Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kenmure Street (before), 260 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail are Shawlands Academy (1 mile), Holyrood Secondary School (1.1 miles) and Bellahouston Academy (1.1 miles).
Shawlands AcademyHolyrood Secondary SchoolBellahouston 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 Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail in April 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Getting There
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Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 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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Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail
Questions parents ask about Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail
When was Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail in April 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail 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 Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail?
If you live in Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail'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 Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail?
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail is at 2 Kenmure Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G41 1PH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)