South Park Primary School, East Kilbride
South Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
South Park Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
South Park 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.
South Park Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 181 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
54% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 21.9% 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 good (A); the school was 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to South Park Primary School are Castlefield Primary School (0.3 miles), Greenhills Primary School (0.4 miles), Canberra Primary School (0.5 miles) and Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School (0.5 miles).
Castlefield Primary SchoolGreenhills Primary SchoolCanberra Primary SchoolOur Lady Of Lourdes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hairmyres Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Owen Avenue (opposite), 330 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 South Park Primary School in January 2026.
- 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
Keep up with South Park Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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 South Park Primary School
When was South Park Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of South Park Primary School in January 2026. 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 South Park Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and South Park 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 South Park Primary School?
If you live in South Park 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 South Park 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 South Park Primary School?
South Park Primary School is at Netherton Road, East Kilbride, East Kilbride, G75 9DU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)