St Helen's Primary School, CUMBERNAULD
St Helen's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cumbernauld. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Helen's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Helen'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 Helen's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 223 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 16.6 pupils per teacher.
26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 14.6% 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 good (A); the school was 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Helen's Primary School are Condorrat Primary School (0.1 miles), Baird Memorial Primary School (0.3 miles), Westfield Primary School (0.6 miles) and Ravenswood Primary School (0.7 miles).
Condorrat Primary SchoolBaird Memorial Primary SchoolWestfield Primary SchoolRavenswood Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Greenfaulds Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Avonhead Road (before), 280 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Helen's Primary School are Greenfaulds High School (0.5 miles), St Maurice's High School (0.6 miles) and Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld (0.8 miles).
Greenfaulds High SchoolSt Maurice's High SchoolOur Lady's High School - Cumbernauld
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 Helen's Primary School in January 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Helen's Primary School
When was St Helen's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Helen's Primary School in January 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Helen's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Helen'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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Helen's Primary School?
If you live in St Helen's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Helen's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Helen's Primary School?
St Helen's Primary School is at Lomond Drive, Condorrot, CUMBERNAULD, CUMBERNAULD, G67 4JL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)