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Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class, GLASGOW

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
92.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class in detail

School in Scotland

Our Lady Of The Rosary 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 The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 340 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.5 pupils per teacher.

66% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 23% speak English as an additional language.

30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 24.2% 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 poor (C); the school was 75% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class are Mosspark Primary School & Nursery Class (0.4 miles), Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class (0.5 miles), Craigton Primary School & Nursery Class (0.5 miles) and Cardonald Primary School (0.5 miles).

Mosspark Primary School & Nursery ClassOur Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery ClassCraigton Primary School & Nursery ClassCardonald Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Corkerhill Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lourdes Court (before), 230 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class are Lourdes Secondary School (0.2 miles), Govan High School (1 mile), Rosshall Academy (1.1 miles) and St Paul's High School (1.3 miles).

Lourdes Secondary SchoolGovan High SchoolRosshall AcademySt Paul's 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:Glasgow City
Phone:0141 883 2010
Address:50 Tarfside Gardens, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G52 3AA
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class in August 2023.

  • 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.

URN:8418225

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Corkerhill Rail Station
708m · 12 min walk

Bus Stops

Lourdes Court (before)
231m · 4 min walk
Alness Crescent (near)
246m · 4 min walk
Clunie Road (Opp)
255m · 4 min walk
Lourdes Avenue (before)
269m · 4 min walk
Corkerhill Road (After)
271m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
15
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
3

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.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.

1 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 Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class

When was Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class in August 2023. 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 Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady Of The Rosary 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 The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class?

If you live in Our Lady Of The Rosary 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 The Rosary 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. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 1 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 The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class?

Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class is at 50 Tarfside Gardens, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G52 3AA.

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

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