Belvidere Primary and Nursery

Belvidere Primary school badge

The school is a non-denominational primary, providing education for children from P1 to P7. The nursery class caters for three and four year old children. The two-story school building dates from 1911 and is located in the Orbiston area of Bellshill.

We at Belvidere primary have established strong home/school links. Parents meetings are held in the school on set evenings and afternoons in November and June, when all parents are given the opportunity to discuss their child's teacher what is going on in the classroom.

Outside view of Belvidere Primary school

Displays by pupils take place before Christmas, Easter and summer. All parents, friends are invited to these.  There are various sporting activities and clubs are undertaken as part of extra curricular activities eg football, computing and sports club.

Pupils normally transfer from primary to secondary between the ages of 11.5 and 12.5 so that they will have the opportunity to complete at least four years of secondary education. Pupils from Belvidere primary normally transfer to Bellshill Academy.

School roll for session 2007/2008

Pry 1 Pry 2 Pry 3 Pry 4 Pry 5 Pry 6 Pry 7 Total
12 16 17 24 19 25 21 134

Pupil roll statistics from Scottish Government census at September 2007.  Rolls are subject to change throughout the school session.

National Test Results 5-14

Percentage of pupils attaining at least the appropriate level for their stage in P3, P4, P6 and P7 defined as:

P3 - Level A
P4 - Level B
P6 - Level C
P7 - Level D

  2007 2006 2005
Reading 53.1 70.8 71.8
Writing 53.1 66.3 66.7
Mathematics 82.7 82.0 89.7


Percentage attendance (%)

    2007 2006 2005
Attendance  91.1 91.2 89.8

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