Netherton Primary School, Wishaw
Netherton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Wishaw.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Netherton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Netherton 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 196 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 18% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 22.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Netherton Primary School are St Thomas' Primary School (0.5 miles), Berryhill Primary School (0.6 miles), Thornlie Primary School (0.7 miles) and Muirhouse Primary School (0.9 miles).
St Thomas' Primary SchoolBerryhill Primary SchoolThornlie Primary SchoolMuirhouse Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wishaw Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Old Manse Road (opposite), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Netherton Primary School are St Aidan's High School (1.2 miles), Our Lady's High School - Motherwell (1.5 miles) and Coltness High School (1.7 miles).
St Aidan's High SchoolOur Lady's High School - MotherwellColtness 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 Netherton Primary School in September 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentweak
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementweak
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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Netherton Primary School
When was Netherton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Netherton Primary School in September 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as weak and raising attainment and achievement as weak, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Netherton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Netherton 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Netherton Primary School?
If you live in Netherton Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Netherton Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Netherton Primary School?
Netherton Primary School is at Netherton Road, Wishaw, Wishaw, ML2 0DD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)