West Coats Primary School, CAMBUSLANG
West Coats Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cambuslang.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
West Coats Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
West Coats 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 374 pupils, an average class size of 26.7 and 19.4 pupils per teacher.
14% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 35% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 8.7% 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 good (A); the school was 60% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to West Coats Primary School are James Aiton Primary School (0.4 miles), St Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang) (0.4 miles), Loch Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Anthony's Primary School (0.7 miles).
James Aiton Primary SchoolSt Bride's Primary School (Cambuslang)Loch Primary SchoolSt Anthony's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cambuslang Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to West Coats Primary School are Cathkin High School (0.3 miles), Trinity High School (0.6 miles) and Stonelaw High School (0.9 miles).
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 West Coats Primary School in March 2024.
- 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.
About
West Coats Primary School is a listed building at 60 Brownside Road in Cambuslang on the south east fringe of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built in the late 19th century and is still an active school with over 400 children.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 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 West Coats Primary School
When was West Coats Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of West Coats Primary School in March 2024. 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 West Coats Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and West Coats 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 West Coats Primary School?
If you live in West Coats 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 West Coats Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 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 West Coats Primary School?
West Coats Primary School is at Brownside Road, CAMBUSLANG, CAMBUSLANG, G72 8NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)