Coulter Primary School, BIGGAR
Coulter Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Biggar.
- Attendance
- 96.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Coulter Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Coulter 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 10 pupils, an average class size of 10 and 5.3 pupils per teacher.
80% 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 96.8% in 2024/25, and 0% 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 15% full.
Coulter Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "At Coulter Primary School, we believe that positive relationships are essential for effective learning and teaching. We also believe that pupils and staff have the right to learn and teach in an environment which is safe, friendly, peaceful and fair."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Coulter Primary School are Tinto Primary School (1.9 miles), Biggar Primary School (2.5 miles), Lamington Primary School (3 miles) and Wiston Primary School (4.3 miles).
Tinto Primary SchoolBiggar Primary SchoolLamington Primary SchoolWiston Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Coulter Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Memorial (at), 90 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 Coulter Primary School in December 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery 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
Keep up with Coulter Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 1 serious and 0 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Coulter Primary School
When was Coulter Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Coulter Primary School in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 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 Coulter Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Coulter 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 Coulter Primary School?
If you live in Coulter 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 Coulter 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, 1 serious and 0 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Coulter Primary School?
Coulter Primary School is at Birthwood Road, Coulter, BIGGAR, BIGGAR, ML12 6PZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)