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Abington Primary School, BIGGAR

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Abington Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Biggar.

Attendance
95.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Abington Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Abington Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 41 pupils, an average class size of 20.5 and 12.8 pupils per teacher.

20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 14.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 62% full.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Abington Primary School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Colebrooke Terrace (opposite), 110 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:South Lanarkshire
Phone:01864 502341
Address:Carlisle Road, Abington, BIGGAR, BIGGAR, ML12 6SD
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Abington Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8545022

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Colebrooke Terrace (opp)
107m · 2 min walk
Hunters Court (At)
132m · 2 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
1
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Questions parents ask about Abington Primary School

What is the catchment area for Abington Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Abington Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Abington Primary School?

If you live in Abington Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Abington Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Abington Primary School?

Abington Primary School is at Carlisle Road, Abington, BIGGAR, BIGGAR, ML12 6SD.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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