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St Leonard's Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Leonard's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
91.4%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Leonard's Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

St Leonard'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 Leonard's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 260 pupils, an average class size of 26 and 18.2 pupils per teacher.

32% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 25.1% 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 66% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Leonard's Primary School are Long Calderwood Primary (0.5 miles), Hunter Primary School (0.6 miles), Maxwellton Primary School (0.7 miles) and Halfmerke Primary School (1 mile).

Long Calderwood PrimaryHunter Primary SchoolMaxwellton Primary SchoolHalfmerke Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alloway Road (opposite), 190 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Leonard's Primary School are Calderglen High School (1.1 miles) and St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (1.2 miles).

Calderglen High SchoolSt Andrew's and St Bride's High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:South Lanarkshire
Phone:01355 224800
Address:Brancumhall, Calderwood, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 3YA
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Leonard's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8532222

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with St Leonard's Primary School

Getting There

Bus Stops

Alloway Road (opp)
193m · 3 min walk
Brancumhall Road (before)
249m · 4 min walk
Tewkesbury Road (Opp)
311m · 5 min walk
Bosworth Road (after)
417m · 7 min walk
Stratford (Opp)
521m · 8 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 0 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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.

Commute and house prices

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Leonard's Primary School

What is the catchment area for St Leonard's Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Leonard'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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to St Leonard's Primary School?

If you live in St Leonard's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near St Leonard's Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Leonard's Primary School?

St Leonard's Primary School is at Brancumhall, Calderwood, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 3YA.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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