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Glenmanor Primary School, CHRYSTON

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Glenmanor Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Chryston.

Attendance
93.3%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Glenmanor Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Glenmanor 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.

Glenmanor Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 219 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.

24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

16% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 18.6% 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 51% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Glenmanor Primary School are St Michael's Primary School (0.5 miles), Chryston Primary School (0.9 miles), St Barbara's Primary School (1.1 miles) and Our Lady & St Joseph's Primary School (1.8 miles).

St Michael's Primary SchoolChryston Primary SchoolSt Barbara's Primary SchoolOur Lady & St Joseph's Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Gartcosh Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenmanor Primary School (opposite), 50 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:North Lanarkshire
Phone:01236 632056
Address:Glenmanor Avenue, Moodiesburn, CHRYSTON, CHRYSTON, G69 0JA
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glenmanor Primary School in April 2026.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changegood
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:8341427

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Glenmanor Primary School (Opp)
46m · 1 min walk
St Michael's Church (At)
192m · 3 min walk
Bridgend Crescent (before)
211m · 3 min walk
Auchengeich Road (after)
213m · 3 min walk
Glencairn Drive (Opp)
281m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Glenmanor Primary School

When was Glenmanor Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glenmanor Primary School in April 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Glenmanor Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glenmanor 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 Glenmanor Primary School?

If you live in Glenmanor 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 Glenmanor Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Glenmanor Primary School?

Glenmanor Primary School is at Glenmanor Avenue, Moodiesburn, CHRYSTON, CHRYSTON, G69 0JA.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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