St Clare's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Clare's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 96%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Clare's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Clare'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 441 pupils, an average class size of 23.2 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
14% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 56% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96% in 2024/25, and 6.6% 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 good (A); the school was 105% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Clare's Primary School are Calderwood Lodge P School (under 0.1 miles), Kirkhill Primary School (0.6 miles), Carolside Primary School (1.4 miles) and Mearns Primary School (1.5 miles).
Calderwood Lodge P SchoolKirkhill Primary SchoolCarolside Primary SchoolMearns Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Whitecraigs Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broom Road East (before), 260 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Clare's Primary School are Mearns Castle High School (0.2 miles), Williamwood High School (1.3 miles) and Eastwood High School (1.6 miles).
Mearns Castle High SchoolWilliamwood High SchoolEastwood 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Clare's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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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Questions parents ask about St Clare's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Clare's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Clare'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 Clare's Primary School?
If you live in St Clare'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 Clare's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Clare's Primary School?
St Clare's Primary School is at Waterfoot Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 5GP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)