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Pollokshields Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational278 pupilsGlasgowGlasgow City
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 registered for free school meals73%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support50%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll278Census September 2025

Pollokshields Primary School is a council school in Glasgow for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 278 pupils. About 73 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

241 Albert Drive, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G41 2NA0141 423 1363pollokshields-pri.glasgow.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 Pollokshields Primary School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Glasgow City council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 1.7 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

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 Glasgow City council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll278Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals73%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support50%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English38%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas2%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
43P1
39P2
42P3
42P4
31P5
49P6
32P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29129120222023: 29929920232024: 29329320242025: 29129120252026: 2782782026
Since 2022: -13
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll278291293299291
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals72.8%34.9%33.0%39.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)50.4%33.3%44.4%33.8%43.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language37.8%46.4%49.5%48.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.114.112.614.512.917.315.0
Average class sizeAverage class size25.324.326.627.224.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers18.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.3Scotland 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
Glendale Gaelic Primary School - Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann DailCouncil300 m134HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glendale Primary SchoolCouncil340 m321HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Albert's Primary SchoolCouncil620 m271HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cuthbertson Primary School and Nursery ClassCouncil670 m360HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Bride's Primary SchoolCouncil840 m203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Annette Street Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holy Cross Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles504HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lorne Street Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles217HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Pollokshields Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Pollokshields Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Pollokshields Primary School have?

278 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
241 Albert Drive, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G41 2NA
Telephone
0141 423 1363
Website
www.pollokshields-pri.glasgow.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
Glasgow City
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8418721
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from