Thornliebank Primary School, GLASGOW
Thornliebank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Thornliebank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Thornliebank 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.
Thornliebank Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 205 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Thornliebank Primary School are St Vincent's Primary School (0.4 miles), Our Lady Of The Missions Primary School (0.6 miles), Ashpark Primary School (0.7 miles) and Giffnock Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Vincent's Primary SchoolOur Lady Of The Missions Primary SchoolAshpark Primary SchoolGiffnock Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Thornliebank Rail Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bangorshill Street (before), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Thornliebank Primary School are Woodfarm High School (0.4 miles), Hillpark Secondary School (0.7 miles), St Ninian's High School (0.8 miles) and St Paul's High School (1.4 miles).
Woodfarm High SchoolHillpark Secondary SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolSt Paul's 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 Thornliebank Primary School in August 2025.
- 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 Thornliebank Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 8 serious and 8 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
4 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 Thornliebank Primary School
When was Thornliebank Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Thornliebank Primary School in August 2025. 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 Thornliebank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Thornliebank 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 Thornliebank Primary School?
If you live in Thornliebank 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 Thornliebank Primary School?
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, 8 serious and 8 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 4 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 Thornliebank Primary School?
Thornliebank Primary School is at 129 Main Street, Thornliebank, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G46 7RW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)