Neilsland Primary School, Hamilton
Neilsland Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Hamilton.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Neilsland Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Neilsland 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 172 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 15.4 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 22.2% 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 52% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Neilsland Primary School are St Peter's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Woodhead Primary School (0.4 miles), St Mark's Primary School (Hamilton) (0.5 miles) and Our Lady and St Anne's Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Peter's Primary SchoolWoodhead Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary School (Hamilton)Our Lady and St Anne's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hamilton West Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laighstonehall Road (near), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Neilsland Primary School are Hamilton Grammar School (0.9 miles), St John Ogilvie High School (1.1 miles) and Holy Cross High School (1.3 miles).
Hamilton Grammar SchoolSt John Ogilvie High SchoolHoly Cross 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 Neilsland Primary School in September 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementexcellent
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 Neilsland Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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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Questions parents ask about Neilsland Primary School
When was Neilsland Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Neilsland Primary School in September 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as excellent, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Neilsland Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Neilsland 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 Neilsland Primary School?
If you live in Neilsland 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 Neilsland Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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 Neilsland Primary School?
Neilsland Primary School is at Highstonehall Road, Hamilton, Hamilton, ML3 8LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)