Our Lady & St Francis Primary School, MOTHERWELL
Our Lady & St Francis Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Motherwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Our Lady & St Francis Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Our Lady & St Francis 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.
Our Lady & St Francis Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 303 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 17.7 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 27.1% 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 96% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady & St Francis Primary School are St Teresa's Primary School (0.4 miles), Keir Hardie Memorial Primary (0.5 miles), Newarthill Primary School (0.7 miles) and Holytown Primary School (1 mile).
St Teresa's Primary SchoolKeir Hardie Memorial PrimaryNewarthill Primary SchoolHolytown Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carfin Rail Station, about 100 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Taylor Avenue (opposite), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady & St Francis Primary School are Brannock High School (0.3 miles), Taylor High School (0.7 miles) and Braidhurst High School (1.6 miles).
Brannock High SchoolTaylor High SchoolBraidhurst 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 Our Lady & St Francis Primary School in February 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
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)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 Our Lady & St Francis Primary School
When was Our Lady & St Francis Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Our Lady & St Francis Primary School in February 2022.
What is the catchment area for Our Lady & St Francis Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady & St Francis 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 Our Lady & St Francis Primary School?
If you live in Our Lady & St Francis 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 Our Lady & St Francis Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Our Lady & St Francis Primary School?
Our Lady & St Francis Primary School is at Newarthill Road, Carfin, MOTHERWELL, MOTHERWELL, ML1 5AL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)