Neilston Primary School, GLASGOW
Neilston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Neilston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Neilston 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 319 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 12.6% 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 76% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Neilston Primary School are St Thomas' Primary School (0.1 miles), Hillview Primary School (1.3 miles), St Mark's Primary School (1.6 miles) and Cross Arthurlie Primary School (1.9 miles).
St Thomas' Primary SchoolHillview Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolCross Arthurlie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Neilston Rail Station, about 140 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Neilston South Parish Church (at), 50 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 Neilston Primary School in November 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- 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, 3 serious and 1 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 Neilston Primary School
When was Neilston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Neilston Primary School in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Neilston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Neilston 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 Neilston Primary School?
If you live in Neilston 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 Neilston 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, 3 serious and 1 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 Neilston Primary School?
Neilston Primary School is at 43 High Street, Neilston, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 3HJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)