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Glencairn Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Glencairn Street, Motherwell ML1 1TT · northlanarkshire.gov.uk · 01698 274982
Overview
- Pupils
- 345
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Special unit
- Has an integrated special unit
- Nursery class
- Yes · 54 places
- Teachers
- 30.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.4
- Average class size
- 23
- Additional support needs
- 78 pupils (23%)
- English as an additional language
- 17 pupils (5%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (239 pupils)
- P6 and older22.6% (24 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 41%
- 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 (inspection, report published 19 January 2010) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 5 (very good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 5 (very good); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 19 Jan 2010
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 5 · Very good |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 22 Nov 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 54
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |