Kirkhill Primary School, GLASGOW
Kirkhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkhill 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 576 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.5 pupils per teacher.
8% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.9% in 2024/25, and 9.3% 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 good (A); the school was 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kirkhill Primary School are St Clare's Primary School (0.6 miles), Calderwood Lodge P School (0.6 miles), Carolside Primary School (1 mile) and St Joseph's Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Clare's Primary SchoolCalderwood Lodge P SchoolCarolside Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Whitecraigs Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alloway Drive (opposite), 340 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Kirkhill Primary School are Mearns Castle High School (0.4 miles), Williamwood High School (1 mile), Eastwood High School (1.3 miles) and St Ninian's High School (1.7 miles).
Mearns Castle High SchoolWilliamwood High SchoolEastwood High SchoolSt Ninian's 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 Kirkhill Primary School in March 2024.
- 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 Kirkhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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
Kirkhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kirkhill Primary School
When was Kirkhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkhill Primary School in March 2024. 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkhill 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 Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kirkhill Primary School?
If you live in Kirkhill Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kirkhill 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kirkhill Primary School?
Kirkhill Primary School is at Kirkhill Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 5RJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)