Blacklaw Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE
Blacklaw Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Blacklaw Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Blacklaw 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 156 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 6.6 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 15% 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 36% full.
Blacklaw Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care until 4:00pm.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Blacklaw Primary School are St Hilary's Primary School (0.2 miles), Mount Cameron Primary School Gaelic Unit (0.4 miles), Mount Cameron Primary School (0.4 miles) and Hunter Primary School (0.5 miles).
St Hilary's Primary SchoolMount Cameron Primary School Gaelic UnitMount Cameron Primary SchoolHunter Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glen Farrar (opposite), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Blacklaw Primary School are Calderglen High School (0.3 miles) and St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (0.4 miles).
Calderglen High SchoolSt Andrew's and St Bride's High School
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 Blacklaw Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 7 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
3 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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Blacklaw Primary School
Questions parents ask about Blacklaw Primary School
What is the catchment area for Blacklaw Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Blacklaw 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 Blacklaw Primary School?
If you live in Blacklaw 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 Blacklaw Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 7 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 3 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 Blacklaw Primary School?
Blacklaw Primary School is at Glen Arroch, St Leonard's, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 2BP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)