St Cadoc's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Cadoc's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 95.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Cadoc's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Cadoc'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 Cadoc's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 499 pupils, an average class size of 27.7 and 19 pupils per teacher.
8% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 18% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 49% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.4% in 2024/25, and 8.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 99% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Cadoc's Primary School are Mearns Primary School (0.6 miles), Crookfur Primary School (0.7 miles), Maidenhill Primary School (1.2 miles) and Kirkhill Primary School (1.5 miles).
Mearns Primary SchoolCrookfur Primary SchoolMaidenhill Primary SchoolKirkhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Patterton Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenfarm Road (before), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Cadoc's Primary School are Eastwood High School (0.8 miles) and Mearns Castle High School (1.5 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 Cadoc's Primary School in October 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery 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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
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.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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 Cadoc's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Cadoc's Primary School
When was St Cadoc's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Cadoc's Primary School in October 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Cadoc's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Cadoc'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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Cadoc's Primary School?
If you live in St Cadoc's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Cadoc's Primary School?
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. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Cadoc's Primary School?
St Cadoc's Primary School is at 51 Crookfur Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 6TT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)