Rigside Primary School, LANARK
Rigside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lanark.
- Attendance
- 89.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Rigside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Rigside 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.
Rigside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 63 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 8.8 pupils per teacher.
87% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 65% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.2% in 2024/25, and 41.8% 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 48% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Rigside Primary School are Carmichael Primary School (3.7 miles), Douglas Primary School (3.8 miles), Coalburn Primary School (4.2 miles) and Woodpark Primary School (4.7 miles).
Carmichael Primary SchoolDouglas Primary SchoolCoalburn Primary SchoolWoodpark Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Rigside Primary School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beechgrove Street (opposite), 160 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Rigside Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Rigside Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 1 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 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 Rigside Primary School
What is the catchment area for Rigside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Rigside 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 Rigside Primary School?
If you live in Rigside 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 Rigside Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 1 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Rigside Primary School?
Rigside Primary School is at Muirfoot Road, Rigside, LANARK, LANARK, ML11 9LY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)