St Bartholomew's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Bartholomew's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 86.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bartholomew's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Bartholomew'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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 266 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
75% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 86.7% in 2024/25, and 47.3% 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 good (A); the school was 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bartholomew's Primary School are Spittal Primary School (0.4 miles), Croftfoot Primary School (0.4 miles), Miller Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen) (0.7 miles).
Spittal Primary SchoolCroftfoot Primary SchoolMiller Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary School (Rutherglen)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croftfoot Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Bartholomews School (at), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Bartholomew's Primary School are Castlemilk High School (0.7 miles), St Margaret Mary's Secondary School (0.7 miles), King's Park Secondary School (0.9 miles) and Stonelaw High School (1.4 miles).
Castlemilk High SchoolSt Margaret Mary's Secondary SchoolKing's Park Secondary SchoolStonelaw 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bartholomew's Primary School in August 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Bartholomew's Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 7 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Bartholomew's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Bartholomew's Primary School
When was St Bartholomew's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bartholomew's Primary School in August 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Bartholomew's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bartholomew'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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Bartholomew's Primary School?
If you live in St Bartholomew's Primary School'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 Bartholomew's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 5 serious and 7 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Bartholomew's Primary School?
St Bartholomew's Primary School is at 30 Castlemilk Drive, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G45 9TR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)