Murray Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE
Murray Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Murray Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Murray 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.
Murray Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 199 pupils, an average class size of 18.1 and 11.6 pupils per teacher.
46% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 28.2% 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 86% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Murray Primary School are St Louise's Primary School (0.3 miles), Heathery Knowe Primary School (0.3 miles), Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School (0.5 miles) and Greenhills Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Louise's Primary SchoolHeathery Knowe Primary SchoolOur Lady Of Lourdes Primary SchoolGreenhills Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Haldane Place (at), 230 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Murray Primary School are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (0.7 miles), Calderglen High School (1.1 miles) and Duncanrig Secondary School (1.1 miles).
St Andrew's and St Bride's High SchoolCalderglen High SchoolDuncanrig Secondary 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 Murray Primary School in June 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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 Murray Primary School
When was Murray Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Murray Primary School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Murray Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Murray 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 Murray Primary School?
If you live in Murray 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 Murray Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Murray Primary School?
Murray Primary School is at Napier Hill, Murray, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G75 0JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)