St Brigid's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Brigid's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Brigid's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Brigid'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 302 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 17.5 pupils per teacher.
77% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 35% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.6% in 2024/25, and 34.1% 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 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Brigid's Primary School are Toryglen Primary School (0.1 miles), Bankhead Primary School (0.5 miles), King's Park Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Columbkille's Primary School (0.8 miles).
Toryglen Primary SchoolBankhead Primary SchoolKing's Park Primary SchoolSt Columbkille's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croftfoot Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenmore Avenue (after), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Brigid's Primary School are Holyrood Secondary School (0.8 miles) and King's Park Secondary School (1.1 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 Brigid's Primary School in March 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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 Brigid's Primary School
When was St Brigid's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Brigid's Primary School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Brigid's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Brigid'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 Brigid's Primary School?
If you live in St Brigid'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 Brigid's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Brigid's Primary School?
St Brigid's Primary School is at 4 Glenmore Avenue, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G42 0EH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)