High Mill Primary School, Carluke
High Mill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Carluke.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
High Mill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
High Mill 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 Mill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 71 pupils, an average class size of 23.7 and 11.8 pupils per teacher.
54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 36.7% 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 36% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to High Mill Primary School are Carluke Primary School (0.2 miles), St Athanasius' Primary School (0.4 miles), Kirkton Primary School (0.4 miles) and Crawforddyke Primary School (0.7 miles).
Carluke Primary SchoolSt Athanasius' Primary SchoolKirkton Primary SchoolCrawforddyke Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Langshaw Crescent (after), 170 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 High Mill Primary School in September 2025.
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 1 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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High Mill Primary School
Questions parents ask about High Mill Primary School
When was High Mill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of High Mill Primary School in September 2025. 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 High Mill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and High Mill 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 Mill Primary School?
If you live in High Mill 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 Mill 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, 1 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 High Mill Primary School?
High Mill Primary School is at Market Road, Carluke, Carluke, ML8 4BE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)