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St Patrick's Primary School, GLASGOW

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Patrick's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
93.4%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Patrick's Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

St Patrick'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 218 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 13.4 pupils per teacher.

69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 74% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 65% speak English as an additional language.

54% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 21.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 94% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Primary School are Anderston Primary School (0.2 miles), Garnetbank Primary School (0.4 miles), Oakgrove Primary School (0.7 miles) and Hillhead Primary School (0.9 miles).

Anderston Primary SchoolGarnetbank Primary SchoolOakgrove Primary SchoolHillhead Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Anderston Rail Station, about 180 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Vincent Terrace (opposite), 170 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Patrick's Primary School are Glasgow Gaelic School (0.4 miles) and Hillhead High School (1 mile).

Glasgow Gaelic SchoolHillhead High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Glasgow City
Phone:0141 221 2921
Address:10 Perth Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G3 8UQ
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Patrick's Primary School in January 2025.

  • 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.

URN:8425825

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Anderston Rail Station
183m · 3 min walk
Charing Cross (Glasgow) Rail Station
373m · 6 min walk
Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) Rail Station
743m · 12 min walk

Ferry Terminals

Broomielaw Quay Ferry Terminal
778m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

St Vincent Terrace (opp)
172m · 3 min walk
Hydepark Street (opp)
225m · 4 min walk
Elderslie Street (before)
235m · 4 min walk
Marriott Hotel (outside)
289m · 5 min walk
Elmbank Street (Before)
290m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
78
Fatal
2
Serious
19
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 78 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 19 serious and 57 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.

8 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.

Commute and house prices

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Patrick's Primary School

When was St Patrick's Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Patrick's Primary School in January 2025. 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 Patrick's Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Patrick'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 Patrick's Primary School?

If you live in St Patrick'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 Patrick's Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 78 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 19 serious and 57 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 8 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 Patrick's Primary School?

St Patrick's Primary School is at 10 Perth Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G3 8UQ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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