St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell), Bothwell
St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) is a primary school for pupils in Bothwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) in detail
School in Scotland
St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) 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 Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 252 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
22% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 16.6% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 76% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) are Bothwell Primary School (0.6 miles), Muiredge Primary School (0.7 miles), St John The Baptist Primary School (0.8 miles) and St John Paul II Primary (1.1 miles).
Bothwell Primary SchoolMuiredge Primary SchoolSt John The Baptist Primary SchoolSt John Paul II Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uddingston Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) are Uddingston Grammar School (1.2 miles), Cardinal Newman High School (1.3 miles) and Calderside Academy (1.6 miles).
Uddingston Grammar SchoolCardinal Newman High SchoolCalderside Academy
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 Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)'s reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
0 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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 Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)
What is the catchment area for St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) 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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)?
If you live in St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)'s catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 0 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)?
St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) is at Ailsa Road, Bothwell, Bothwell, G71 8LP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)