New Lanark Primary School, LANARK
New Lanark Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lanark.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
New Lanark Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
New Lanark 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 22 pupils, an average class size of 11 and 5.9 pupils per teacher.
55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 24% 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 good (A); the school was 17% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to New Lanark Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (Lanark) (0.7 miles), Robert Owen Memorial Primary School (0.9 miles), Lanark Primary School (0.9 miles) and Kirkfieldbank Primary School (1.7 miles).
St Mary's Primary School (Lanark)Robert Owen Memorial Primary SchoolLanark Primary SchoolKirkfieldbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lanark Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is New Lanark Visitor Centre (at), 400 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 New Lanark Primary School in January 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about New Lanark Primary School
When was New Lanark Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of New Lanark Primary School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for New Lanark Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and New Lanark 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 New Lanark Primary School?
If you live in New Lanark 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 New Lanark Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is New Lanark Primary School?
New Lanark Primary School is at 64 New Lanark Road, LANARK, LANARK, ML11 9BY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)