St Vincent's Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE
St Vincent's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Vincent's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Vincent'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 350 pupils, an average class size of 26.9 and 18.6 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 17.7% 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 82% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Vincent's Primary School are Castlefield Primary School (0.3 miles), Crosshouse Primary School (0.3 miles), Greenhills Primary School (0.6 miles) and South Park Primary School (0.6 miles).
Castlefield Primary SchoolCrosshouse Primary SchoolGreenhills Primary SchoolSouth Park Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hairmyres Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crosshouse Road (before), 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Vincent's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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 Vincent's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Vincent's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Vincent'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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Vincent's Primary School?
If you live in St Vincent's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Vincent's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Vincent's Primary School?
St Vincent's Primary School is at Crosshouse Road, Greenhills, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G75 9DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)