Christ The King Primary, MOTHERWELL
Christ The King Primary is a primary school for pupils in Motherwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Christ The King Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Christ The King 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.
Christ The King Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 228 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 15 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 19.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 127% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Christ The King Primary are Holytown Primary School (0.2 miles), Keir Hardie Memorial Primary (0.7 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston) (0.9 miles) and New Stevenston Primary School (0.9 miles).
Holytown Primary SchoolKeir Hardie Memorial PrimarySt Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston)New Stevenston Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Holytown Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Apollo Path (at), 170 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Christ The King Primary are Brannock High School (0.8 miles) and Taylor High School (0.8 miles).
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 Christ The King Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Christ The King Primary
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
2 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Christ The King Primary
Questions parents ask about Christ The King Primary
What is the catchment area for Christ The King Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Christ The King 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 Christ The King Primary?
If you live in Christ The King 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 Christ The King Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 2 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 Christ The King Primary?
Christ The King Primary is at Melrose Avenue, Holytown, MOTHERWELL, MOTHERWELL, ML1 4SG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)