St Athanasius' Primary School, Carluke
St Athanasius' Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Carluke. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Athanasius' Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Athanasius' 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.
St Athanasius' Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 225 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 20.1% 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 good (A); the school was 76% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Athanasius' Primary School are Kirkton Primary School (0.3 miles), High Mill Primary School (0.4 miles), Crawforddyke Primary School (0.5 miles) and Carluke Primary School (0.5 miles).
Kirkton Primary SchoolHigh Mill Primary SchoolCrawforddyke Primary SchoolCarluke Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lagan Road (before), 90 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 St Athanasius' Primary School in April 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 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
Keep up with St Athanasius' Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
1 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 St Athanasius' Primary School
When was St Athanasius' Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Athanasius' Primary School in April 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very 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 St Athanasius' Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Athanasius' 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 St Athanasius' Primary School?
If you live in St Athanasius' 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 St Athanasius' Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 1 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 St Athanasius' Primary School?
St Athanasius' Primary School is at John Street, Carluke, Carluke, ML8 4DD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)