Halfmerke Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE
Halfmerke Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Halfmerke Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Halfmerke 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.
Halfmerke Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 198 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 15.7 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 17.9% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Halfmerke Primary School are Maxwellton Primary School (0.3 miles), Hunter Primary School (0.5 miles), St Kenneth's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Blacklaw Primary School (0.7 miles).
Maxwellton Primary SchoolHunter Primary SchoolSt Kenneth's Primary SchoolBlacklaw Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burns Park (near), 240 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Halfmerke Primary School are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (0.6 miles) and Calderglen High School (1 mile).
St Andrew's and St Bride's High SchoolCalderglen High School
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 Halfmerke Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Halfmerke Primary School
What is the catchment area for Halfmerke Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Halfmerke 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 Halfmerke Primary School?
If you live in Halfmerke 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 Halfmerke Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Halfmerke Primary School?
Halfmerke Primary School is at Logie Park, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 4BU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)