High Blantyre Primary School, High Blantyre
High Blantyre Primary School is a primary school for pupils in High Blantyre.
- Attendance
- 91.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
High Blantyre Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
High Blantyre 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.
High Blantyre Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 249 pupils, an average class size of 17.8 and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
50% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 26% 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 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to High Blantyre Primary School are St Blane's Primary School (0.4 miles), Auchinraith Primary School (0.6 miles), David Livingstone Memorial Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Joseph's Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Blane's Primary SchoolAuchinraith Primary SchoolDavid Livingstone Memorial Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Blantyre Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High Blantyre Pr School (at), 100 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find High Blantyre Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 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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High Blantyre Primary School
Questions parents ask about High Blantyre Primary School
What is the catchment area for High Blantyre Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and High Blantyre 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 High Blantyre Primary School?
If you live in High Blantyre 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 High Blantyre Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 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 High Blantyre Primary School?
High Blantyre Primary School is at Broompark Road, High Blantyre, High Blantyre, G72 9SH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)