Machanhill Primary School, LARKHALL
Machanhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Larkhall.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Machanhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Machanhill 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.
Machanhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 358 pupils, an average class size of 27.5 and 18.7 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
34% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 21.9% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Machanhill Primary School are Hareleeshill Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Larkhall) (0.5 miles), Craigbank Primary School (0.7 miles) and Glengowan Primary School (0.8 miles).
Hareleeshill Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School (Larkhall)Craigbank Primary SchoolGlengowan Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Larkhall Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Machanhill View (opposite), 240 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 Machanhill 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 8 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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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Machanhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Machanhill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Machanhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Machanhill 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 Machanhill Primary School?
If you live in Machanhill 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 Machanhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 8 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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 Machanhill Primary School?
Machanhill Primary School is at Machanhill, LARKHALL, LARKHALL, ML9 2HG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)