Westfield Primary School, CUMBERNAULD
Westfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cumbernauld.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Westfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Westfield 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.
Westfield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 263 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 16.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Westfield Primary School are Condorrat Primary School (0.5 miles), St Helen's Primary School (0.6 miles), Eastfield Primary School (0.8 miles) and Baird Memorial Primary School (0.8 miles).
Condorrat Primary SchoolSt Helen's Primary SchoolEastfield Primary SchoolBaird Memorial Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croy Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westfield Primary School (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Westfield Primary School are St Maurice's High School (0.4 miles), Greenfaulds High School (1 mile) and Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld (1.3 miles).
St Maurice's High SchoolGreenfaulds High SchoolOur Lady's High School - Cumbernauld
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 Westfield Primary School in August 2026.
- 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 Westfield Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Westfield Primary School
Questions parents ask about Westfield Primary School
When was Westfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Westfield Primary School in August 2026. 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 Westfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Westfield 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 Westfield Primary School?
If you live in Westfield 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 Westfield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Westfield Primary School?
Westfield Primary School is at Westfield Drive, Westfield, CUMBERNAULD, CUMBERNAULD, G68 9HJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)