St Martin's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Martin's Primary School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Martin's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Martin'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 275 pupils, an average class size of 15.3 and 7.9 pupils per teacher.
91% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.3% in 2024/25, and 24.8% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to St Martin's Primary School are Broomlea Primary School (0.7 miles), Abercorn Secondary School (0.8 miles), Parkhill Secondary School (1.5 miles) and East Park School (1.9 miles).
Broomlea Primary SchoolAbercorn Secondary SchoolParkhill Secondary SchoolEast Park School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Springburn Rail Station, about 1140 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fountainwell Drive (before), 60 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 Martin's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 14
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 8 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Martin's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Martin's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Martin'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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Martin's Primary School?
If you live in St Martin's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Martin's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 14 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 8 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Martin's Primary School?
St Martin's Primary School is at 70 Sighthill Avenue, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G21 1AJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)