St Matthew's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Matthew's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Matthew's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Matthew'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 259 pupils, an average class size of 23.5 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 50% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 8.6% 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 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Matthew's Primary School are Wester Cleddens Primary (0.1 miles), Thomas Muir Primary (0.4 miles), Meadowburn Gaelic Unit (0.5 miles) and Meadowburn Primary School (0.5 miles).
Wester Cleddens PrimaryThomas Muir PrimaryMeadowburn Gaelic UnitMeadowburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bishopbriggs Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Allan Glen Sports Ground (after), 380 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Matthew's Primary School are Bishopbriggs Academy (0.4 miles) and Turnbull High School (0.9 miles).
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 Matthew's Primary School in November 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 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 Matthew's Primary School
When was St Matthew's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Matthew's Primary School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Matthew's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Matthew'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 Matthew's Primary School?
If you live in St Matthew'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 Matthew's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Matthew's Primary School?
St Matthew's Primary School is at Park Road, Bishopbriggs, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G64 2NP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)