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Meadowburn Gaelic Unit

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational81 pupilsBishopbriggsEast Dunbartonshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils getting extra support25%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll81Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Meadowburn Gaelic Unit is a council school in Bishopbriggs for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 81 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Meadowburn Primary School, Lendale lane, BISHOPBRIGGS, Bishopbriggs, G64 3LL0141 955 2293meadowburn.e-dunbarton.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Meadowburn Gaelic Unit.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through East Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll81Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support25%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic99%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas38%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
7P1
12P2
11P3
14P4
12P5
13P6
12P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 858520222023: 838320232024: 838320242025: 848420252026: 81812026
Since 2022: -4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll8184838385
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)24.7%23.8%30.1%31.3%35.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.012.415.413.813.513.314.2
Average class sizeAverage class size20.221.020.820.821.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers5.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.2Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Meadowburn Primary SchoolCouncil0 m244HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Matthew's Primary SchoolCouncil810 m259HMIE, no open dataCompare
Balmuildy Primary SchoolCouncil840 m344HMIE, no open dataCompare
Wester Cleddens PrimaryCouncil920 m320HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Helen's Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles296HMIE, no open dataCompare
Thomas Muir PrimaryCouncil0.8 miles627HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Monica's (Milton) Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles403HMIE, no open dataCompare
Miltonbank Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles153HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Meadowburn Gaelic Unit a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Meadowburn Gaelic Unit yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Meadowburn Gaelic Unit have?

81 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Meadowburn Primary School, Lendale lane, BISHOPBRIGGS, Bishopbriggs, G64 3LL
Telephone
0141 955 2293
Website
www.meadowburn.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
East Dunbartonshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8341826
Medium of education
Gaelic medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from