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St Edward's Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
South Biggar Road, Airdrie ML6 9LZ · northlanarkshire.gov.uk · 01236 794830
Overview
- Pupils
- 190
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 32 places
- Teachers
- 12.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
- Average class size
- 23.8
- Additional support needs
- 69 pupils (36%)
- English as an additional language
- 8 pupils (4%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (136 pupils)
- P6 and older29.6% (16 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 45%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 6 June 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 6 Jun 2023
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 Jun 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 32
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |