Newfield Primary School, Stonehouse
Newfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Stonehouse.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Newfield 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.
Newfield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 216 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 5% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 18.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newfield Primary School are Stonehouse Primary School (0.8 miles), Glassford Primary School (1.6 miles), Sandford Primary School (2.2 miles) and St Patrick's Primary School (2.7 miles).
Stonehouse Primary SchoolGlassford Primary SchoolSandford Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Newfield Primary School.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Udston Avenue (after), 200 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 Newfield Primary School in February 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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 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 Newfield Primary School
When was Newfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newfield Primary School in February 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Newfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newfield 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 Newfield Primary School?
If you live in Newfield 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 Newfield 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: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Newfield Primary School?
Newfield Primary School is at Muirhead, Stonehouse, Stonehouse, ML9 3HG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)