Mossneuk Primary School, East Kilbride
Mossneuk Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 95.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mossneuk Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mossneuk 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.
Mossneuk Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 441 pupils, an average class size of 27.6 and 19.3 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 69% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.4% in 2024/25, and 8.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mossneuk Primary School are Canberra Primary School (0.8 miles), Crosshouse Primary School (0.8 miles), Jackton Primary School (0.8 miles) and Castlefield Primary School (1 mile).
Canberra Primary SchoolCrosshouse Primary SchoolJackton Primary SchoolCastlefield Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hairmyres Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mossneuk Drive (at), 130 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 Mossneuk Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Mossneuk Primary School
What is the catchment area for Mossneuk Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mossneuk 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 Mossneuk Primary School?
If you live in Mossneuk 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 Mossneuk Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Mossneuk Primary School?
Mossneuk Primary School is at Mossneuk Drive, East Kilbride, East Kilbride, G75 8XQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)