St Thomas' Primary School, GLASGOW
St Thomas' Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Thomas' Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Thomas' 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 150 pupils, an average class size of 21.4 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.2% in 2024/25, and 18.8% 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 good (A); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Thomas' Primary School are Neilston Primary School (0.1 miles), Hillview Primary School (1.3 miles), St Mark's Primary School (1.6 miles) and Cross Arthurlie Primary School (1.8 miles).
Neilston Primary SchoolHillview Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolCross Arthurlie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Neilston Rail Station, about 280 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (at), 90 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 Thomas' 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- 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, 3 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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 Thomas' Primary School
When was St Thomas' Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Thomas' 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 Thomas' Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Thomas' 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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Thomas' Primary School?
If you live in St Thomas' Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Thomas' Primary School?
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, 3 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Thomas' Primary School?
St Thomas' Primary School is at 23 Broadlie Road, Neilston, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G78 3ET.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)