St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix), AIRDRIE
St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) in detail
School in Scotland
St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) 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 55 pupils, an average class size of 18.3 and 9.2 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
40% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 30.5% 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 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) are Glengowan Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St David's Primary School (2 miles), Plains Primary School (2 miles) and Greengairs Primary School (2.8 miles).
Glengowan Primary SchoolSt David's Primary SchoolPlains Primary SchoolGreengairs Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Caldercruix Rail Station, about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glengowan Primary School (near), 70 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 Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) in December 2022.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 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 Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)
When was St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) 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 Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)?
If you live in St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)'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 Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)?
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, 2 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix)?
St Mary's Primary School (Caldercruix) is at Drumfin Avenue, Caldercruix, AIRDRIE, AIRDRIE, ML6 7QP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)