Gilmourton Primary School, STRATHAVEN
Gilmourton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Strathaven.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gilmourton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gilmourton 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 42 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 14 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 21% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 26.8% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gilmourton Primary School are Kirklandpark Primary School (4.2 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (4.6 miles), Wester Overton Primary School (4.7 miles) and Sandford Primary School (4.7 miles).
Kirklandpark Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolWester Overton Primary SchoolSandford Primary School
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gilmourton Primary School in November 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
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 Gilmourton Primary School
When was Gilmourton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gilmourton Primary School in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Gilmourton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gilmourton 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 Gilmourton Primary School?
If you live in Gilmourton 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 Gilmourton 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. 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 Gilmourton Primary School?
Gilmourton Primary School is at Drumclog, STRATHAVEN, STRATHAVEN, ML10 6QF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)