St Mary's Primary School (Cleland), MOTHERWELL
St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) is a primary school for pupils in Motherwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) in detail
School in Scotland
St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) 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 Mary's Primary School (Cleland) has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 120 pupils, an average class size of 20 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 25.4% 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 poor (C); the school was 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) are Cleland Primary School (0.2 miles), St Aidan's Primary School (0.9 miles), Calderbridge Primary School (0.9 miles) and Newarthill Primary School (1.3 miles).
Cleland Primary SchoolSt Aidan's Primary SchoolCalderbridge Primary SchoolNewarthill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cleland Rail Station, about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chapel Street (after), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) are St Aidan's High School (1.4 miles), Coltness High School (1.4 miles) and Brannock High School (1.7 miles).
St Aidan's High SchoolColtness High SchoolBrannock High School
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 (Cleland) in March 2025.
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Mary's Primary School (Cleland)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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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St Mary's Primary School (Cleland)
Questions parents ask about St Mary's Primary School (Cleland)
When was St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) in March 2025. 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 (Cleland)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) 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 (Cleland)?
If you live in St Mary's Primary School (Cleland)'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 (Cleland)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Mary's Primary School (Cleland)?
St Mary's Primary School (Cleland) is at Chapel Street, Cleland, MOTHERWELL, MOTHERWELL, ML1 5QX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)