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St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class, GLASGOW

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
90.3%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class in detail

School in Scotland

St Angela's 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.

St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 349 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 18 pupils per teacher.

69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 34.7% 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 77% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class are Darnley Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Ashpark Primary School (0.3 miles), St Vincent's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Cleeves Primary School (0.8 miles).

Darnley Primary SchoolAshpark Primary SchoolSt Vincent's Primary SchoolCleeves Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Priesthill & Darnley Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Angela's Primary School (at), 50 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class are Woodfarm High School (1.2 miles), St Paul's High School (1.2 miles), Eastwood High School (1.5 miles) and St Ninian's High School (1.6 miles).

Woodfarm High SchoolSt Paul's High SchoolEastwood High SchoolSt Ninian'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 638 9646
Address:227 Glen Moriston Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G53 7HT
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class in March 2026.

  • 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:8448825

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Priesthill & Darnley Rail Station
585m · 10 min walk

Bus Stops

St Angela's Primary School (At)
50m · 1 min walk
Glen Clunie Drive (opp)
159m · 3 min walk
Sainsbury Superstore (At)
187m · 3 min walk
Glen Moriston Road (after)
193m · 3 min walk
Waukglen Road (After)
241m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
8
Fatal
0
Serious
6
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 2 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 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 St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class

When was St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class in March 2026. 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 St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Angela's 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 St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class?

If you live in St Angela's 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 St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class?

St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class is at 227 Glen Moriston Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G53 7HT.

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

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