Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class, GLASGOW
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 86.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class in detail
School in Scotland
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class 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 Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 330 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 10.8 pupils per teacher.
74% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 86.8% in 2024/25, and 40.5% 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 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class are Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class (0.5 miles), Craigton Primary School & Nursery Class (0.6 miles), Cardonald Primary School (0.6 miles) and Hillington Primary School (0.7 miles).
Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery ClassCraigton Primary School & Nursery ClassCardonald Primary SchoolHillington Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cardonald Rail Station, about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edgam Drive (after), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class are Lourdes Secondary School (0.4 miles), Govan High School (0.7 miles) and Rosshall Academy (1 mile).
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 Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 11 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class
What is the catchment area for Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class?
If you live in Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class'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 Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 11 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class?
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class is at 150 Berryknowes Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G52 2DE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)