New Stevenston Primary School, MOTHERWELL
New Stevenston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Motherwell.
- Attendance
- 91.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
New Stevenston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
New Stevenston 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.
New Stevenston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 285 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
31% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 29% 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 103% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to New Stevenston Primary School are St Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston) (under 0.1 miles), Holytown Primary School (0.7 miles), Christ The King Primary (0.9 miles) and Our Lady & St Francis Primary School (1 mile).
St Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston)Holytown Primary SchoolChrist The King PrimaryOur Lady & St Francis Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Holytown Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Esdaile Court (before), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to New Stevenston Primary School are Taylor High School (0.3 miles), Brannock High School (0.8 miles), Braidhurst High School (1 mile) and Bellshill Academy (1.5 miles).
Taylor High SchoolBrannock High SchoolBraidhurst High SchoolBellshill Academy
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find New Stevenston Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 7 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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 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 New Stevenston Primary School
What is the catchment area for New Stevenston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and New Stevenston 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 New Stevenston Primary School?
If you live in New Stevenston 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 New Stevenston 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: none fatal, 2 serious and 7 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is New Stevenston Primary School?
New Stevenston Primary School is at 10 Coronation Road East, New Stevenston, MOTHERWELL, MOTHERWELL, ML1 4HX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)