Holy Cross Primary School, GLASGOW
Holy Cross Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Holy Cross Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Holy Cross 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 504 pupils, an average class size of 28 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 84% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 82% speak English as an additional language.
79% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 37.6% 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 bad (D); the school was 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Cross Primary School are Annette Street Primary School (0.2 miles), St Bride's Primary School (0.4 miles), Cuthbertson Primary School and Nursery Class (0.5 miles) and Blackfriars Primary School (0.8 miles).
Annette Street Primary SchoolSt Bride's Primary SchoolCuthbertson Primary School and Nursery ClassBlackfriars Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Crosshill Rail Station, about 350 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Calder Street (opp 291), 90 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Holy Cross Primary School in March 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 34
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 9
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 10 serious and 23 slight.
9 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
7 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Holy Cross Primary School
Questions parents ask about Holy Cross Primary School
When was Holy Cross Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Holy Cross Primary School in March 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Holy Cross Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Holy Cross 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Holy Cross Primary School?
If you live in Holy Cross Primary School'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 Holy Cross Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 34 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 10 serious and 23 slight. 9 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 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 Holy Cross Primary School?
Holy Cross Primary School is at 316 Calder Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G42 7NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)