Merrylee Primary School, GLASGOW
Merrylee Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Merrylee Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Merrylee 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.
Merrylee Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 355 pupils, an average class size of 25.4 and 17 pupils per teacher.
55% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 36% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 9.2% 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 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Merrylee Primary School are Our Lady Of The Annunciation Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Battlefield Primary School (0.6 miles), Tinto Primary School (0.7 miles) and Braidbar Primary School (0.7 miles).
Our Lady Of The Annunciation Primary SchoolBattlefield Primary SchoolTinto Primary SchoolBraidbar Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Langside Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glasserton Place (opposite), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Merrylee Primary School are Hillpark Secondary School (0.9 miles), King's Park Secondary School (1 mile), Shawlands Academy (1.1 miles) and St Ninian's High School (1.5 miles).
Hillpark Secondary SchoolKing's Park Secondary SchoolShawlands AcademySt 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 Merrylee Primary School in February 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Merrylee Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 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
Questions parents ask about Merrylee Primary School
When was Merrylee Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Merrylee Primary School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Merrylee Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Merrylee 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 Merrylee Primary School?
If you live in Merrylee 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 Merrylee 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: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 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 Merrylee Primary School?
Merrylee Primary School is at 50 Friarton Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G43 2PR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)