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St Mark's Primary School, GLASGOW

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Mark's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
93.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Mark's Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

St Mark'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 366 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 14.4 pupils per teacher.

52% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

31% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 21.2% 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 87% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Mark's Primary School are Hillview Primary School (0.4 miles), Carlibar Primary School (0.8 miles), St John's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Cross Arthurlie Primary School (1.1 miles).

Hillview Primary SchoolCarlibar Primary SchoolSt John's Primary SchoolCross Arthurlie Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Balgray Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Marks Primary School (opposite), 20 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Mark's Primary School are St Luke's High School (0.3 miles) and Barrhead High School (0.6 miles).

St Luke's High SchoolBarrhead 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:East Renfrewshire
Phone:0141 570 7400
Address:30 Roebank Drive, Barrhead, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 2JA
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

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

URN:8621225

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Balgray Rail Station
760m · 12 min walk

Bus Stops

St Marks Primary School (opp)
18m · 0 min walk
Divernia Way (opp)
130m · 2 min walk
Clyde Avenue (after)
204m · 3 min walk
Hawthorn Drive (opp)
294m · 5 min walk
Kelvin Drive (before)
376m · 6 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
5
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
2

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, 4 serious and 1 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.

2 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.

Commute and house prices

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Mark's Primary School

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

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mark'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 Mark's Primary School?

If you live in St Mark'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 Mark'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, 4 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 2 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 Mark's Primary School?

St Mark's Primary School is at 30 Roebank Drive, Barrhead, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 2JA.

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

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