St Machan's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Machan's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Machan's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Machan'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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 133 pupils, an average class size of 19 and 9 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 20.1% 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 50% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Machan's Primary School are Lennoxtown Primary School (0.2 miles), Craighead Primary School (1.7 miles), Torrance Primary School (2.5 miles) and Lairdsland Primary School (3.3 miles).
Lennoxtown Primary SchoolCraighead Primary SchoolTorrance Primary SchoolLairdsland Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Machan's Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station Road (opposite), 290 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Machan's Primary School in December 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentweak
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionweak
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Machan's Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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 Machan's Primary School
When was St Machan's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Machan's Primary School in December 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as weak; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as weak and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Machan's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Machan'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 Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Machan's Primary School?
If you live in St Machan's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Machan's Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Machan's Primary School?
St Machan's Primary School is at St Machan's Way, Lennoxtown, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G66 7GG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)