Glengowan Primary School, AIRDRIE
Glengowan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie.
- Attendance
- 90.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glengowan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Glengowan 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.
Glengowan Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 124 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.1% in 2024/25, and 34% 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 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glengowan Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) (under 0.1 miles), St David's Primary School (2 miles), Plains Primary School (2 miles) and Greengairs Primary School (2.8 miles).
St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)St David's Primary SchoolPlains Primary SchoolGreengairs Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Caldercruix Rail Station, about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glengowan Primary School (near), 70 metres away.
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 Glengowan Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Glengowan 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
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Glengowan Primary School
What is the catchment area for Glengowan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glengowan 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Glengowan Primary School?
If you live in Glengowan Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Glengowan 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glengowan Primary School?
Glengowan Primary School is at Drumfin Avenue, Caldercruix, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 7QP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)