Sandford Primary School, STRATHAVEN
Sandford Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Strathaven.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sandford Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sandford 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 62 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 16.9% 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 47% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sandford Primary School are St Patrick's Primary School (1.6 miles), Wester Overton Primary School (1.7 miles), Kirklandpark Primary School (1.9 miles) and Newfield Primary School (2.2 miles).
St Patrick's Primary SchoolWester Overton Primary SchoolKirklandpark Primary SchoolNewfield Primary School
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Sandford Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Sandford Primary School
What is the catchment area for Sandford Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sandford 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 Sandford Primary School?
If you live in Sandford 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 Sandford 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, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Sandford Primary School?
Sandford Primary School is at Stonehouse Road, Sandford, STRATHAVEN, STRATHAVEN, ML10 6PD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)