St John's Primary School, GLASGOW
St John's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St John'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 John's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 277 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 16% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
27% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 10.5% 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 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St John's Primary School are Carlibar Primary School (0.2 miles), Cross Arthurlie Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mark's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Hillview Primary School (1.1 miles).
Carlibar Primary SchoolCross Arthurlie Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolHillview Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Barrhead Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St John's Primary School are Barrhead High School (0.5 miles) and St Luke's High School (1.2 miles).
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's Primary School'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
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
0 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 John's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St John's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John'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 John's Primary School?
If you live in St John'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 John's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 0 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 John's Primary School?
St John's Primary School is at 18 Commercial Road, Barrhead, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 1AJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)