Sacred Heart Primary School, BELLSHILL
Sacred Heart Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bellshill. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sacred Heart Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sacred Heart 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.
Sacred Heart Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 196 pupils, an average class size of 21.8 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 40.4% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sacred Heart Primary School are Lawmuir Primary School (0.2 miles), Mossend Primary School (0.7 miles), Holy Family Primary School (0.8 miles) and Noble Primary School (1 mile).
Lawmuir Primary SchoolMossend Primary SchoolHoly Family Primary SchoolNoble Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bellshill Rail Station, about 520 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park Road (opposite), 270 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Sacred Heart Primary School are Cardinal Newman High School (0.5 miles), Bellshill Academy (0.6 miles) and Braidhurst High School (1.3 miles).
Cardinal Newman High SchoolBellshill AcademyBraidhurst 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Sacred Heart Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 4
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, 6 serious and 2 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Sacred Heart Primary School
What is the catchment area for Sacred Heart Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sacred Heart 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Sacred Heart Primary School?
If you live in Sacred Heart Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Sacred Heart 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, 6 serious and 2 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Sacred Heart Primary School?
Sacred Heart Primary School is at Babylon Road, Orbiston, BELLSHILL, BELLSHILL, ML4 2FA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)