Holy Family Primary School, GLASGOW
Holy Family Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Holy Family Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Holy Family 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.
Holy Family Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 332 pupils, an average class size of 25.5 and 17 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 56% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 12.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 77% full.
Holy Family Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Everyone at Holy Family will feel happy, respected and valued through our words and actions to one another. Together with our families, Parish and staff we will be guided by our Faith to live the Gospel Values. We will be encouraged to use our God given talents to be the very best we can be."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, running and chess.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family Primary School are Lairdsland Primary School (0.3 miles), Lenzie Meadow Primary School (0.3 miles), Millersneuk Primary School (0.9 miles) and Hillhead Primary School (1.1 miles).
Lairdsland Primary SchoolLenzie Meadow Primary SchoolMillersneuk Primary SchoolHillhead Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lenzie Rail Station, about 1080 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moss Road (after), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Holy Family Primary School are Lenzie Academy (0.2 miles), St Ninian's High School (0.6 miles), East Dunbartonshire Central School (0.7 miles) and Kirkintilloch High School (1.5 miles).
Lenzie AcademySt Ninian's High SchoolEast Dunbartonshire Central SchoolKirkintilloch 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 Holy Family Primary School in December 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Holy Family Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
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: 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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
Holy Family Primary School
Questions parents ask about Holy Family Primary School
When was Holy Family Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Holy Family Primary School in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; 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 Holy Family Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Holy Family 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 East Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Holy Family Primary School?
If you live in Holy Family Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Holy Family 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: 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Holy Family Primary School?
Holy Family Primary School is at Westergreens Avenue, Kirkintilloch, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G66 4AT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)