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Our Holy Redeemer Primary School, CLYDEBANK

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

Our Holy Redeemer Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Clydebank. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
91.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Our Holy Redeemer Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Our Holy Redeemer 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.

Our Holy Redeemer Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 216 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 16.5 pupils per teacher.

46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 27.1% 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); the school was 62% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Holy Redeemer Primary School are Clyde Primary School (0.5 miles), St Brendan's Primary School (0.5 miles), Linnvale Primary School (0.6 miles) and Whitecrook Primary School (0.6 miles).

Clyde Primary SchoolSt Brendan's Primary SchoolLinnvale Primary SchoolWhitecrook Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Yoker Rail Station, about 220 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Margarets Hospice (opposite), 30 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Our Holy Redeemer Primary School are Trinity High School (1.2 miles), St Peter the Apostle High School (1.3 miles), Clydebank High School (1.6 miles) and Renfrew High School (1.6 miles).

Trinity High SchoolSt Peter the Apostle High SchoolClydebank High SchoolRenfrew High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:West Dunbartonshire
Phone:0141 533 3035
Address:East Barns Street, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 1EZ
Language:Gaelic medium provision
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Our Holy Redeemer Primary School in December 2022.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
  • 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.

URN:8312923

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Yoker Rail Station
219m · 4 min walk

Ferry Terminals

Yoker Ferry Terminal
898m · 15 min walk
Renfrew Ferry Terminal
1.0km · 17 min walk

Bus Stops

St Margarets Hospice (opp)
28m · 0 min walk
McDonald Crescent (at)
115m · 2 min walk
Edward Street (at)
116m · 2 min walk
Clydeholm Terrace (at)
307m · 5 min walk
Hamilton Street (at)
311m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
9
Fatal
1
Serious
5
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Our Holy Redeemer Primary School

When was Our Holy Redeemer Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Our Holy Redeemer Primary School in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very 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 Our Holy Redeemer Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Holy Redeemer 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Our Holy Redeemer Primary School?

If you live in Our Holy Redeemer Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Our Holy Redeemer Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Our Holy Redeemer Primary School?

Our Holy Redeemer Primary School is at East Barns Street, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 1EZ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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