Lawmuir Primary School, BELLSHILL
Lawmuir Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Bellshill.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lawmuir Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lawmuir 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 250 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 16 pupils per teacher.
39% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 40.4% 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 79% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lawmuir Primary School are Sacred Heart Primary School (0.2 miles), Mossend Primary School (0.9 miles), St Bernadette's Primary (1 mile) and Holy Family Primary School (1 mile).
Sacred Heart Primary SchoolMossend Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's PrimaryHoly Family Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bellshill Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lawmuir Primary (at), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lawmuir Primary School are Cardinal Newman High School (0.6 miles), Bellshill Academy (0.8 miles) and Braidhurst High School (1.2 miles).
Cardinal Newman High SchoolBellshill AcademyBraidhurst 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lawmuir Primary School in January 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Lawmuir Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
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, 2 serious and 2 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
2 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Lawmuir Primary School
Questions parents ask about Lawmuir Primary School
When was Lawmuir Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lawmuir Primary School in January 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lawmuir Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lawmuir 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lawmuir Primary School?
If you live in Lawmuir Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Lawmuir 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, 2 serious and 2 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 2 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lawmuir Primary School?
Lawmuir Primary School is at Babylon Road, Orbiston, BELLSHILL, BELLSHILL, ML4 2FA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)