Hilltop Primary School, AIRDRIE
Hilltop Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie.
- Attendance
- 89.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hilltop Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Hilltop 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.
Hilltop Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 419 pupils, an average class size of 15.5 and 11 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
51% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.5% in 2024/25, and 37.4% 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 87% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hilltop Primary School are St Dominic's Primary School (0.3 miles), Clarkston Primary School (0.7 miles), Tollbrae Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Edward's Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Dominic's Primary SchoolClarkston Primary SchoolTollbrae Primary SchoolSt Edward's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumgelloch Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North Calder Drive (opposite), 200 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hilltop Primary School are Caldervale High School (0.4 miles), St Margaret's High School (1 mile) and Airdrie Academy (1.5 miles).
Caldervale High SchoolSt Margaret's High SchoolAirdrie Academy
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 Hilltop Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Hilltop Primary School
What is the catchment area for Hilltop Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hilltop 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 Hilltop Primary School?
If you live in Hilltop 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 Hilltop 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, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Hilltop Primary School?
Hilltop Primary School is at Petersburn Road, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 8BH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)