Robert Owen Memorial Primary School, Lanark
Robert Owen Memorial Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lanark.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Robert Owen Memorial Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Robert Owen Memorial 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.
Robert Owen Memorial Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 239 pupils, an average class size of 19.9 and 10.9 pupils per teacher.
37% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 19% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Robert Owen Memorial Primary School are St Mary's Primary School (Lanark) (0.2 miles), Lanark Primary School (0.4 miles), New Lanark Primary School (0.9 miles) and Kirkfieldbank Primary School (2.2 miles).
St Mary's Primary School (Lanark)Lanark Primary SchoolNew Lanark Primary SchoolKirkfieldbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lanark Rail Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cameronian Court (at), 260 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 Robert Owen Memorial Primary School in June 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery 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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Train Stations
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Robert Owen Memorial Primary School
When was Robert Owen Memorial Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Robert Owen Memorial Primary School in June 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 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 Robert Owen Memorial Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Robert Owen Memorial 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 Robert Owen Memorial Primary School?
If you live in Robert Owen Memorial 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 Robert Owen Memorial 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: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Robert Owen Memorial Primary School?
Robert Owen Memorial Primary School is at Smyllum Road, Lanark, Lanark, ML11 7BZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)