Bothwell Primary School, Bothwell
Bothwell Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bothwell.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bothwell Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bothwell 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.
Bothwell Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 335 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 17.8% 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 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bothwell Primary School are St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell) (0.6 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (0.8 miles), David Livingstone Memorial Primary School (1 mile) and Auchinraith Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Bride's Primary School (Bothwell)St Joseph's Primary SchoolDavid Livingstone Memorial Primary SchoolAuchinraith Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Blantyre Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blantyre Road (before), 280 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Bothwell Primary School are Calderside Academy (1 mile), Uddingston Grammar School (1.5 miles) and Cardinal Newman High School (1.8 miles).
Calderside AcademyUddingston Grammar SchoolCardinal Newman 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 Bothwell Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Bus Stops
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 Bothwell Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bothwell Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bothwell 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 Bothwell Primary School?
If you live in Bothwell 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 Bothwell 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 Bothwell Primary School?
Bothwell Primary School is at Blantyre Road, Bothwell, Bothwell, G71 8PJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)