St Mirin's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Mirin's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mirin's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Mirin'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 261 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
70% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 19.3% 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 63% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mirin's Primary School are St Fillan's Primary School & Nursery Class (0.2 miles), King's Park Primary School (0.5 miles), Croftfoot Primary School (0.5 miles) and Mount Florida Primary School & Nursery Class (0.6 miles).
St Fillan's Primary School & Nursery ClassKing's Park Primary SchoolCroftfoot Primary SchoolMount Florida Primary School & Nursery Class
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kings Park Rail Station, about 360 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Romney Avenue (after), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Mirin's Primary School are King's Park Secondary School (0.2 miles), St Margaret Mary's Secondary School (1 mile), Holyrood Secondary School (1.1 miles) and Castlemilk High School (1.3 miles).
King's Park Secondary SchoolSt Margaret Mary's Secondary SchoolHolyrood Secondary SchoolCastlemilk 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 Mirin's Primary School in April 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 7 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 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 Mirin's Primary School
When was St Mirin's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mirin's Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 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 Mirin's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mirin'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 Mirin's Primary School?
If you live in St Mirin'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 Mirin's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 7 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 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 Mirin's Primary School?
St Mirin's Primary School is at 260 Carmunnock Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G44 5AP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)