St Augustine's Primary School, Coatbridge
St Augustine's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Coatbridge. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Augustine's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Augustine's 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 Augustine's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 287 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 18.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Augustine's Primary School are Langloan Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Coatbridge) (0.5 miles), Greenhill Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) (0.7 miles).
Langloan Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Coatbridge)Greenhill Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Coatbridge Central Rail Station, about 450 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Buchanan Street (after), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Augustine's Primary School are St Andrew's High School (0.7 miles), Coatbridge High School (0.7 miles) and St Ambrose High School (1 mile).
St Andrew's High SchoolCoatbridge High SchoolSt Ambrose 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 St Augustine's 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
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 St Augustine's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Augustine's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Augustine's 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 Augustine's Primary School?
If you live in St Augustine's 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 Augustine's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 St Augustine's Primary School?
St Augustine's Primary School is at Henderson Street, Coatbridge, Coatbridge, ML5 1BL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)