Alexander Peden Primary, SHOTTS
Alexander Peden Primary is a primary school for pupils in Shotts.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Alexander Peden Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Alexander Peden Primary 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.
Alexander Peden Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 142 pupils, an average class size of 20.3 and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
31% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 38.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 49% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Alexander Peden Primary are Greenrigg Primary School (0.5 miles), Blackridge Primary School (1.9 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn) (2.4 miles) and Polkemmet Primary School (2.6 miles).
Greenrigg Primary SchoolBlackridge Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School (Whitburn)Polkemmet Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Blackridge Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Senior Citzens Centre (opposite), 120 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Alexander Peden Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Alexander Peden Primary
What is the catchment area for Alexander Peden Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Alexander Peden Primary 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Alexander Peden Primary?
If you live in Alexander Peden Primary's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Alexander Peden Primary?
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, 1 serious and 0 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Alexander Peden Primary?
Alexander Peden Primary is at West Main Street, Harthill, SHOTTS, SHOTTS, ML7 5TU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)