Black Mount Primary School, Biggar
Black Mount Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Biggar.
- Attendance
- 97%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Black Mount Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Black Mount 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.
Black Mount Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 46 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 97% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Black Mount Primary School are Biggar Primary School (3.9 miles), Libberton Primary School (4.3 miles) and Broughton Central P School (5.6 miles).
Biggar Primary SchoolLibberton Primary SchoolBroughton Central P School
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Black Mount Primary School in February 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Black Mount Primary School
When was Black Mount Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Black Mount Primary School in February 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Black Mount Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Black Mount 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 Black Mount Primary School?
If you live in Black Mount 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 Black Mount Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Black Mount Primary School?
Black Mount Primary School is at Elsrickle, Biggar, Biggar, ML12 6QZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)