Dalserf Primary School, LARKHALL
Dalserf Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Larkhall.
- Attendance
- 92.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dalserf Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dalserf 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 85 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 13.7 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 27.5% 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 good (A); the school was 64% full.
Dalserf Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "As a school we take great pride in ensuring that all pupils, parents/carers and members of the local and wider community feel included and work together to provide the best educational experiences for all learners to be the best they can be. Dalserf Primary is a member of the Larkhall Learning Community."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dalserf Primary School are Hareleeshill Primary School (1 mile), Craigbank Primary School (1.4 miles), Machanhill Primary School (1.4 miles) and Netherburn Primary School (1.7 miles).
Hareleeshill Primary SchoolCraigbank Primary SchoolMachanhill Primary SchoolNetherburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larkhall Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stewartgill Place (after), 130 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 Dalserf Primary School in December 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Dalserf Primary School
When was Dalserf Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dalserf Primary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dalserf Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dalserf 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 Dalserf Primary School?
If you live in Dalserf 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 Dalserf 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Dalserf Primary School?
Dalserf Primary School is at Ashgillhead Road, Ashgill, LARKHALL, LARKHALL, ML9 3FJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)