Glasgow schools ranked best to worst performing in new Times Scotland league table

The best and worst-performing primary schools in Glasgow have been revealed.

Figures published by The Times provides a breakdown of the scores of each school in Scotland, with marks on listening and talking, numeracy, reading, and writing. This is then totalled into an overall number, with 400 the top score attainable.

The data also looks at the percentage of pupils living in deprivation at each school.

The analysis is based on teachers’ judgments of P7 attainment for every participating primary school in Scotland in 2019.

Only 64 of the 1,372 primary schools achieved top marks that saw 95% of pupils achieving high scores in all four areas. Of the 64 named, only four were in the Glasgow city area.

They are Broomhill Primary School (20 per cent deprived), Garrowhill Primary School (25 per cent deprived), Hyndland Primary School (24 per cent deprived) and Mount Vernon Primary School (11 per cent deprived). All four schools achieved an overall score of 380 out of 400.

Meanwhile, Glasgow's Annette Street Primary School in Govanhill was named the worst performing primary school in Scotland, with a score of just 30. 98 per cent of children at the school are considered to live in deprivation, according to the statistics.

Cleeves Primary School and Saracen Primary School both received a score of 180, with the percentage of deprived pupils at 94 per cent and 99 per cent, respectively.

However, other schools such as Our Lady of Peace received a relatively high score of 370 despite recording a very high percentage of deprived pupils at 99 per cent.

Responding to the rankings, a Glasgow City Council spokesperson said: "School league tables serve no purpose other than to cause division, sensationalism and upset to our staff, young people and families.

"All they do is take basic data with limited additional context, presumably as this would defeat the purpose of giving a an accurate and informed picture of the quality and depth of education, not to mention support, being delivered in our schools.

"Our families, our young people and our staff deserve to be properly represented for their achievements and hopefully these crude tables will be seen for what they are – poor quality analysis.

"It is even more disappointing when it is presented it in an even more localised and stark form that’s clearly intended to cause alarm."

The 20 best schools in Glasgow

1. Broomhill Primary School - 380
2. Garrowhill Primary School - 380
3. Hyndland Primary School - 380
4. Mount Vernon Primary School - 380
5. Our Lady of Peace Primary School- 370
6. Our Lady Of The Annunciation Primary School - 370
7. St Denis' Primary School - 370
8. Dunard Primary School & Nursery Class - 360
9. Mount Florida Primary School & Nursery Class - 360
10. Notre Dame Primary School- 360
11. Quarry Brae Primary School - 360
12. Sacred Heart Primary School - 360
13. St Ninian's Primary School - 360
14. St Thomas' Primary School - 360
15. Sunnyside Primary School - 360
16. Battlefield Primary School - 350
17. Carmunnock Primary School - 350
18. Carntyne Primary School - 350
19. Chirnsyde Primary School - 350
20. Craigton Primary School & Nursery Class - 350

The 20 worst schools in Glasgow

1. Annette Street Primary School - 30
2. Cleeves Primary School - 180
3. Saracen Primary School - 180
4. Bankhead Primary School - 200
5. Aultmore Park Primary School - 210
6. Cranhill Primary School - 210
7. St Cuthbert's Primary School - 210
8. Highpark Primary School - 220
9. St Monica's (Milton) Primary School - 220
10. Corpus Christi Primary School - 220
11. Caldercuilt Primary School - 240
12. Holy Cross Primary School - 240
13. St Bride's Primary School - 240
14. Camstradden Primary School - 250
15. St Marnock's Primary School - 250
16. St Stephen's Primary School - 250
17. Ibrox Primary School & Nursery Class - 260
18. Sandwood Primary School - 260
19. St Paul's (Whiteinch) Primary School - 260
20. Antonine Primary School - 270