St Cuthbert's Primary School, HAMILTON
St Cuthbert's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Hamilton. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Cuthbert's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Cuthbert's 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 Cuthbert's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 224 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 7.6 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
50% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 20.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Cuthbert's Primary School are Glenlee Primary School (0.1 miles), St Ninian's Primary School (0.6 miles), Udston Primary School (0.7 miles) and Beckford Primary School (0.7 miles).
Glenlee Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Primary SchoolUdston Primary SchoolBeckford Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hamilton West Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Russell Street (near), 190 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Cuthbert's Primary School are St John Ogilvie High School (0.2 miles), Holy Cross High School (0.9 miles), Calderside Academy (0.9 miles) and Hamilton Grammar School (1.4 miles).
St John Ogilvie High SchoolHoly Cross High SchoolCalderside AcademyHamilton Grammar School
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 St Cuthbert's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 St Cuthbert's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Cuthbert's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Cuthbert's 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 Cuthbert's Primary School?
If you live in St Cuthbert's 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 Cuthbert's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 St Cuthbert's Primary School?
St Cuthbert's Primary School is at Greenfield Road, Burnbank, HAMILTON, HAMILTON, ML3 0RG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)