Carstairs Primary School, LANARK
Carstairs Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lanark.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carstairs Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carstairs 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 93 pupils, an average class size of 18.6 and 13.7 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 9.9% 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 40% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carstairs Primary School are Carstairs Junction Primary School (1 mile), Carnwath Primary School (2.7 miles), Robert Owen Memorial Primary School (3.2 miles) and Braehead Primary School (3.2 miles).
Carstairs Junction Primary SchoolCarnwath Primary SchoolRobert Owen Memorial Primary SchoolBraehead Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carstairs Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is East End Terrace (opposite), 80 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carstairs Primary School in September 2026.
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Keep up with Carstairs Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 Carstairs Primary School
When was Carstairs Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carstairs Primary School in September 2026. 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 Carstairs Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carstairs 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 Carstairs Primary School?
If you live in Carstairs 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 Carstairs Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 Carstairs Primary School?
Carstairs Primary School is at Green Avenue, Carstairs, LANARK, LANARK, ML11 8PT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)