St Serf's Primary School, Airdrie
St Serf's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 87.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Serf's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Serf'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.
St Serf's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 177 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 13.4 pupils per teacher.
55% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
88% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 45.2% 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 42% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Serf's Primary School are Chapelside Primary School (0.3 miles), Clarkston Primary School (0.6 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie) (0.7 miles) and Golfhill Primary School (0.7 miles).
Chapelside Primary SchoolClarkston Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie)Golfhill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Airdrie Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Northburn Avenue (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Serf's Primary School are St Margaret's High School (0.3 miles), Airdrie Academy (0.3 miles) and Caldervale High School (1.5 miles).
St Margaret's High SchoolAirdrie AcademyCaldervale 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 Serf's Primary School in September 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Serf's Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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 Serf's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Serf's Primary School
When was St Serf's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Serf's Primary School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Serf's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Serf'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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Serf's Primary School?
If you live in St Serf's Primary School'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 Serf's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Serf's Primary School?
St Serf's Primary School is at Thrashbush Road, Airdrie, Airdrie, ML6 6QU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)