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
- 89.5%
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 265 pupils, an average class size of 26.5 and 14.7 pupils per teacher.
87% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
93% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.5% in 2024/25, and 39.3% 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 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Clare's Primary School are Langfaulds Primary School (0.2 miles), Camstradden Primary School (0.5 miles), Castlehill Primary School (0.7 miles) and Antonine Primary School (0.7 miles).
Langfaulds Primary SchoolCamstradden Primary SchoolCastlehill Primary SchoolAntonine Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumchapel Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peel Glen Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Clare's Primary School are Drumchapel High School (0.2 miles), Bearsden Academy (1.1 miles) and St Peter the Apostle High School (1.2 miles).
Drumchapel High SchoolBearsden AcademySt Peter the Apostle 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Clare's Primary School in June 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Special Measures
Keep up with St Clare's Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Clare's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Clare's Primary School
When was St Clare's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Clare's Primary School in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City 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 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 Clare's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Clare's Primary School?
St Clare's Primary School is at 15 Kilcloy Avenue, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G15 8RP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)