Long Calderwood Primary, EAST KILBRIDE
Long Calderwood Primary is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Long Calderwood Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Long Calderwood Primary 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 165 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
53% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 22.8% 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 Long Calderwood Primary are St Leonard's Primary School (0.5 miles), Hunter Primary School (0.7 miles), Maxwellton Primary School (0.7 miles) and Halfmerke Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Leonard's Primary SchoolHunter Primary SchoolMaxwellton Primary SchoolHalfmerke Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mowbray (at), 200 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Long Calderwood Primary are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (1.3 miles) and Calderglen High School (1.3 miles).
St Andrew's and St Bride's High 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Long Calderwood Primary in May 2026.
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Long Calderwood Primary
When was Long Calderwood Primary last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Long Calderwood Primary in May 2026. 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 Long Calderwood Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Long Calderwood Primary 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 Long Calderwood Primary?
If you live in Long Calderwood Primary'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 Long Calderwood Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Long Calderwood Primary?
Long Calderwood Primary is at Neville, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 3QT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)