Netherburn Primary School, LARKHALL
Netherburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Larkhall.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Netherburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Netherburn 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.
Netherburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 84 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
52% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
92% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 17.6% 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 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Netherburn Primary School are Dalserf Primary School (1.7 miles), Underbank Primary School (2.1 miles), Braidwood Primary School (2.5 miles) and Hareleeshill Primary School (2.6 miles).
Dalserf Primary SchoolUnderbank Primary SchoolBraidwood Primary SchoolHareleeshill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Annabella Road (opposite), 110 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Netherburn Primary School in January 2025.
- 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
Keep up with Netherburn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Netherburn Primary School
When was Netherburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Netherburn Primary School in January 2025. 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 Netherburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Netherburn 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 Netherburn Primary School?
If you live in Netherburn 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 Netherburn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Netherburn Primary School?
Netherburn Primary School is at Overton Road, Netherburn, LARKHALL, LARKHALL, ML9 3BT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)