St Monica's Primary School, GLASGOW
St Monica's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Monica's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Monica'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 392 pupils, an average class size of 26.1 and 17.5 pupils per teacher.
62% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
44% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 26.6% 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 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Monica's Primary School are Crookston Castle Primary School (0.2 miles), St Marnock's Primary School (0.4 miles), Cardonald Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Bernard's Primary School (0.8 miles).
Crookston Castle Primary SchoolSt Marnock's Primary SchoolCardonald Primary SchoolSt Bernard's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Mosspark Rail Station, about 1180 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenside Avenue (opposite), 230 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Monica's Primary School are St Paul's High School (0.8 miles), Rosshall Academy (0.8 miles), Lourdes Secondary School (1.1 miles) and St Andrew's Academy (1.4 miles).
St Paul's High SchoolRosshall AcademyLourdes Secondary SchoolSt Andrew's Academy
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 Monica's Primary School in November 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 Monica's Primary School
When was St Monica's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Monica's Primary School in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Monica's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Monica'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 Monica's Primary School?
If you live in St Monica'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 Monica's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Monica's Primary School?
St Monica's Primary School is at 30 Kempsthorn Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G53 5SR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)