St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts), Shotts
St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) is a primary school for pupils in Shotts. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) in detail
School in Scotland
St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) 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 (Shotts) has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 200 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
29% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 31.9% 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 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) are Dykehead Primary School (0.3 miles), Stane Primary School (0.6 miles), Allanton Primary School (1.6 miles) and Kirk O'Shotts Primary School (2.1 miles).
Dykehead Primary SchoolStane Primary SchoolAllanton Primary SchoolKirk O'Shotts Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shotts Rail Station, about 40 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shotts Station (at), 60 metres away.
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 (Shotts) in September 2024.
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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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Questions parents ask about St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts)
When was St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) in September 2024. 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 (Shotts)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) 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 (Shotts)?
If you live in St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts)'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 (Shotts)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 (Shotts)?
St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) is at Station Road, Shotts, Shotts, ML7 4BJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)