Kirkriggs Primary School, GLASGOW
Kirkriggs Primary School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 88.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkriggs Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkriggs 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 55 pupils and 3.8 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 88.4% in 2024/25, and 39.6% 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 satisfactory (B).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Kirkriggs Primary School are Middlefield School (1.1 miles), St Oswald's Secondary School (1.1 miles), Rutherglen High School (1.4 miles) and Hampden Primary School (2 miles).
Middlefield SchoolSt Oswald's Secondary SchoolRutherglen High SchoolHampden Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croftfoot Rail Station, about 790 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowhouse Drive (opposite), 160 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 Kirkriggs Primary School in March 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Keep up with Kirkriggs Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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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Questions parents ask about Kirkriggs Primary School
When was Kirkriggs Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkriggs Primary School in March 2022.
What is the catchment area for Kirkriggs Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkriggs 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 Kirkriggs Primary School?
If you live in Kirkriggs 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 Kirkriggs Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Kirkriggs Primary School?
Kirkriggs Primary School is at 500 Croftfoot Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G45 0NJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)