Victoria Primary School, Airdrie
Victoria Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Airdrie.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Victoria Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Victoria 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.
Victoria Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 24% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.5% 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 satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Victoria Primary School are St Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie) (0.5 miles), Chapelside Primary School (0.7 miles), All Saints Primary School (0.7 miles) and Rochsolloch Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Andrew's Primary School (Airdrie)Chapelside Primary SchoolAll Saints Primary SchoolRochsolloch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Airdrie Rail Station, about 580 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ralston Street (at), 220 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Victoria Primary School are Airdrie Academy (0.8 miles), St Margaret's High School (0.9 miles) and Coatbridge High School (1 mile).
Airdrie AcademySt Margaret's High SchoolCoatbridge 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Victoria Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 5
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, 9 serious and 7 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 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 Victoria Primary School
What is the catchment area for Victoria Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Victoria 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 Victoria Primary School?
If you live in Victoria 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 Victoria 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, 9 serious and 7 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Victoria Primary School?
Victoria Primary School is at 79 Aitchison Street, Airdrie, Airdrie, ML6 0DB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)