Heathery Knowe Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE
Heathery Knowe Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Heathery Knowe Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Heathery Knowe 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.
Heathery Knowe Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 248 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 19.4 pupils per teacher.
37% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 24.2% 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 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Heathery Knowe Primary School are St Louise's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Murray Primary School (0.3 miles), Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School (0.5 miles) and Greenhills Primary School (0.5 miles).
St Louise's Primary SchoolMurray Primary SchoolOur Lady Of Lourdes Primary SchoolGreenhills Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Louise's RC Primary School (at), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Heathery Knowe Primary School are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (1 mile), Duncanrig Secondary School (1 mile) and Calderglen High School (1.4 miles).
St Andrew's and St Bride's High SchoolDuncanrig Secondary 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 Heathery Knowe 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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Heathery Knowe Primary School
What is the catchment area for Heathery Knowe Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Heathery Knowe 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 Heathery Knowe Primary School?
If you live in Heathery Knowe 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 Heathery Knowe Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Heathery Knowe Primary School?
Heathery Knowe Primary School is at Whitehills Terrace, Murray, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G75 0NG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)