St John Paul II Primary, UDDINGSTON
St John Paul II Primary is a primary school for pupils in Uddingston. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John Paul II Primary in detail
School in Scotland
St John Paul II Primary 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 John Paul II Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 369 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 16.2 pupils per teacher.
35% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
55% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.9% in 2024/25, and 32.8% 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 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St John Paul II Primary are Tannochside Primary School (0.5 miles), St John The Baptist Primary School (0.9 miles), Muiredge Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) (1.1 miles).
Tannochside Primary SchoolSt John The Baptist Primary SchoolMuiredge Primary SchoolSt Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Uddingston Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laburnum Road (opposite), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St John Paul II Primary are Cardinal Newman High School (1 mile), Bellshill Academy (1.5 miles) and Uddingston Grammar School (1.5 miles).
Cardinal Newman High SchoolBellshill AcademyUddingston Grammar 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 John Paul II Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
4 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 John Paul II Primary
What is the catchment area for St John Paul II Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John Paul II Primary 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 John Paul II Primary?
If you live in St John Paul II Primary'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 John Paul II Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 4 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 John Paul II Primary?
St John Paul II Primary is at 1 Laburnum Road, Viewpark, UDDINGSTON, UDDINGSTON, G71 5DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)