St Lucy's Primary School, Cumbernauld
St Lucy's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cumbernauld. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Lucy's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Lucy'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 Lucy's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 272 pupils, an average class size of 14.3 and 10.8 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
17% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.6% in 2024/25, and 27.8% 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 112% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Lucy's Primary School are Whitelees Primary School (0.6 miles), Abronhill Primary School (0.7 miles), Kildrum Primary School (1.2 miles) and Carbrain Primary School (1.4 miles).
Whitelees Primary SchoolAbronhill Primary SchoolKildrum Primary SchoolCarbrain Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cumbernauld Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hawthorn Road (opposite), 200 metres away.
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 Lucy'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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 Lucy's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Lucy's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Lucy'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 Lucy's Primary School?
If you live in St Lucy'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 Lucy's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Lucy's Primary School?
St Lucy's Primary School is at Oak Road, Cumbernauld, Cumbernauld, G67 3LQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)