Crawforddyke Primary School, Carluke
Crawforddyke Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Carluke.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crawforddyke Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Crawforddyke 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.
Crawforddyke Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 403 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 18.8 pupils per teacher.
23% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 1% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 23% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crawforddyke Primary School are St Athanasius' Primary School (0.5 miles), High Mill Primary School (0.7 miles), Kirkton Primary School (0.8 miles) and Carluke Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Athanasius' Primary SchoolHigh Mill Primary SchoolKirkton Primary SchoolCarluke Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenafeoch Road (before), 40 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 Crawforddyke Primary School in February 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Crawforddyke Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Crawforddyke Primary School
Questions parents ask about Crawforddyke Primary School
When was Crawforddyke Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crawforddyke Primary School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Crawforddyke Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crawforddyke 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 Crawforddyke Primary School?
If you live in Crawforddyke 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 Crawforddyke Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crawforddyke Primary School?
Crawforddyke Primary School is at Eastfield Road, Carluke, Carluke, ML8 4NZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)