St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang), CAMBUSLANG
St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) is a primary school for pupils in Cambuslang. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) in detail
School in Scotland
St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) 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 (Cambuslang) has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 270 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 11% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
33% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 19% 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 63% full.
St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) are James Aiton Primary School (0.4 miles), West Coats Primary School (0.4 miles), St Cadoc's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Cairns Primary School (0.5 miles).
James Aiton Primary SchoolWest Coats Primary SchoolSt Cadoc's Primary SchoolCairns Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkhill Rail Station, about 400 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Christie Place (near), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) are Cathkin High School (0.8 miles), Trinity High School (1 mile) and Stonelaw High School (1.3 miles).
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 Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) in September 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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 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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St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)
Questions parents ask about St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)
When was St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) 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 (Cambuslang)?
If you live in St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)'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 (Cambuslang)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)?
St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) is at Johnson Drive, CAMBUSLANG, CAMBUSLANG, G72 8JR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)