St Aloysius' Primary School, AIRDRIE
St Aloysius' Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Aloysius' Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Aloysius' 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.
St Aloysius' Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 244 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 28.6% 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 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Aloysius' Primary School are Chapelhall Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Calderbank Primary School (0.8 miles), Corpus Christi Primary School (0.8 miles) and Christ The King Primary (1.4 miles).
Chapelhall Primary SchoolCalderbank Primary SchoolCorpus Christi Primary SchoolChrist The King Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumgelloch Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodhall Street (before), 140 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 St Aloysius' Primary School in May 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Aloysius' Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
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.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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 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 St Aloysius' Primary School
When was St Aloysius' Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Aloysius' Primary School in May 2026.
What is the catchment area for St Aloysius' Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Aloysius' 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 St Aloysius' Primary School?
If you live in St Aloysius' 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 St Aloysius' 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. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Aloysius' Primary School?
St Aloysius' Primary School is at 1 Honeywell Crescent, Chapelhall, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 8XW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)