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St Brendan's Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
45 Barons Road, Motherwell ML1 2NB · northlanarkshire.gov.uk · 01698 274914
Overview
- Pupils
- 230
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 60 places
- Teachers
- 14
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Average class size
- 23
- Additional support needs
- 69 pupils (30%)
- English as an additional language
- 12 pupils (5%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (154 pupils)
- P6 and older13.2% (10 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 33%
- 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 21 March 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 3 (satisfactory); Securing children’s progress 3 (satisfactory); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 21 Mar 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 | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Securing children’s progress | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 18 Feb 2019
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 60
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |