King's Park Primary School, GLASGOW
King's Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
King's Park Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
King's Park 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 298 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 16.5 pupils per teacher.
69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 30% speak English as an additional language.
9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 25.1% 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 poor (C); the school was 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to King's Park Primary School are St Mirin's Primary School (0.5 miles), Croftfoot Primary School (0.5 miles), St Brigid's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Toryglen Primary School (0.5 miles).
St Mirin's Primary SchoolCroftfoot Primary SchoolSt Brigid's Primary SchoolToryglen Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kings Park Rail Station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crofthill Road (opposite), 270 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to King's Park Primary School are King's Park Secondary School (0.6 miles), Holyrood Secondary School (1 mile), St Margaret Mary's Secondary School (1.2 miles) and Castlemilk High School (1.4 miles).
King's Park Secondary SchoolHolyrood Secondary SchoolSt Margaret Mary's Secondary SchoolCastlemilk 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 King's Park Primary School in April 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 King's Park Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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
King's Park Primary School
Questions parents ask about King's Park Primary School
When was King's Park Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of King's Park Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for King's Park Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and King's Park 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 King's Park Primary School?
If you live in King's Park 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 King's Park Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 King's Park Primary School?
King's Park Primary School is at 44 Kingsbridge Drive, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G44 4JS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)