Mearns Primary School, GLASGOW
Mearns Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mearns Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mearns 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.
Mearns Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 672 pupils, an average class size of 26.9 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 16.5% 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 good (A); the school was 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mearns Primary School are Maidenhill Primary School (0.6 miles), St Cadoc's Primary School (0.6 miles), Crookfur Primary School (1.3 miles) and Calderwood Lodge P School (1.5 miles).
Maidenhill Primary SchoolSt Cadoc's Primary SchoolCrookfur Primary SchoolCalderwood Lodge P School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Patterton Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fairweather Place (before), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mearns Primary School are Eastwood High School (1.4 miles) and Mearns Castle High School (1.5 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Mearns Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 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.
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Questions parents ask about Mearns Primary School
What is the catchment area for Mearns Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mearns 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 Mearns Primary School?
If you live in Mearns 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 Mearns 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, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 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 Mearns Primary School?
Mearns Primary School is at 2 Hunter Drive, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 6DP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)