Kirkton Primary School, Carluke
Kirkton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Carluke.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkton 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 149 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 28% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 10% 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 50% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kirkton Primary School are St Athanasius' Primary School (0.3 miles), High Mill Primary School (0.4 miles), Carluke Primary School (0.6 miles) and Crawforddyke Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Athanasius' Primary SchoolHigh Mill Primary SchoolCarluke Primary SchoolCrawforddyke Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkton Avenue (opposite), 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 Kirkton Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
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
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kirkton Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kirkton Primary School
What is the catchment area for Kirkton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkton 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 Kirkton Primary School?
If you live in Kirkton 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 Kirkton 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: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Kirkton Primary School?
Kirkton Primary School is at Kirkton Avenue, Carluke, Carluke, ML8 5AB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)