St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge), Coatbridge
St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) is a primary school for pupils in Coatbridge. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) in detail
School in Scotland
St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 264 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 25.9% 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 77% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) are Greenhill Primary School (0.2 miles), St Augustine's Primary School (0.7 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Coatbridge) (0.8 miles) and St Stephen's Primary School (0.9 miles).
Greenhill Primary SchoolSt Augustine's Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Coatbridge)St Stephen's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Coatbridge Sunnyside Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Portland High School (opposite), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) are Coatbridge High School (0.2 miles), St Andrew's High School (1.2 miles), St Ambrose High School (1.2 miles) and Airdrie Academy (1.7 miles).
Coatbridge High SchoolSt Andrew's High SchoolSt Ambrose High SchoolAirdrie 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) in March 2026.
- 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 23
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight.
23 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 21 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)
Questions parents ask about St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)
When was St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) in March 2026. 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)?
If you live in St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)'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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight. 23 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 21 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 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 Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge)?
St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) is at Kildonan Street, Coatbridge, Coatbridge, ML5 3LG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)