Wester Cleddens Primary, Bishopbriggs
Wester Cleddens Primary is a primary school for pupils in Bishopbriggs.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Wester Cleddens Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Wester Cleddens Primary 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 320 pupils, an average class size of 18.8 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 68% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 88% full.
Wester Cleddens Primary in its own words
In its own words: "Our Vision, Values and Aims are linked to United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Wester Cleddens is a Level One Rights Respecting School."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Wester Cleddens Primary are St Matthew's Primary School (0.1 miles), Thomas Muir Primary (0.5 miles), Meadowburn Gaelic Unit (0.6 miles) and Meadowburn Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Matthew's Primary SchoolThomas Muir PrimaryMeadowburn Gaelic UnitMeadowburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bishopbriggs Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wester Cleddens Road (before), 350 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Wester Cleddens Primary are Bishopbriggs Academy (0.5 miles) and Turnbull High School (0.8 miles).
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 Wester Cleddens Primary'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
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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 Wester Cleddens Primary
What is the catchment area for Wester Cleddens Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Wester Cleddens Primary 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 Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Wester Cleddens Primary?
If you live in Wester Cleddens Primary's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Wester Cleddens Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Wester Cleddens Primary?
Wester Cleddens Primary is at Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, Bishopbriggs, G64 2NQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)