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St Mary's Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Maxwellton Road, PAISLEY PA1 2RJ · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 030 0300 0186
Overview
- Pupils
- 290
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Renfrewshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Special unit
- Has an integrated special unit
- Nursery class
- Yes · 52 places
- Teachers
- 18.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Average class size
- 24.2
- Additional support needs
- 156 pupils (54%)
- English as an additional language
- 110 pupils (38%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (194 pupils)
- P6 and older25% (24 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 56%
- 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 (short inspection, report published 12 September 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Raising attainment and achievement 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 12 Sept 2023
- Short inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Raising attainment and achievement | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Jun 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Jun 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 4 · Good Improvement through self-evaluation 4 · Good
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 24 May 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 52
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? | 4 · Good |