Golfhill Primary School, AIRDRIE
Golfhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Golfhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Golfhill 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 141 pupils, an average class size of 20.1 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
50% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 23.5% 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 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Golfhill Primary School are St Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie) (0.3 miles), Chapelside Primary School (0.6 miles), New Monkland Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Serf's Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie)Chapelside Primary SchoolNew Monkland Primary SchoolSt Serf's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Airdrie Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ballochney Street (opposite), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Golfhill Primary School are Airdrie Academy (0.4 miles), St Margaret's High School (0.9 miles) and Coatbridge High School (1.4 miles).
Airdrie AcademySt Margaret's High SchoolCoatbridge 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 Golfhill Primary School in December 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Golfhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Golfhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Golfhill Primary School
When was Golfhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Golfhill Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; 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 Golfhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Golfhill 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 Golfhill Primary School?
If you live in Golfhill 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 Golfhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Golfhill Primary School?
Golfhill Primary School is at Ballochney Street, Burnfoot, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 0LT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)