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St Hilary's Primary School, EAST KILBRIDE

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Hilary's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in East Kilbride. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
94.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Hilary's Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

St Hilary'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 Hilary's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 154 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 15.7 pupils per teacher.

15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 15.1% 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 52% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Hilary's Primary School are Mount Cameron Primary School (0.2 miles), Mount Cameron Primary School Gaelic Unit (0.2 miles), Blacklaw Primary School (0.2 miles) and Hunter Primary School (0.7 miles).

Mount Cameron Primary SchoolMount Cameron Primary School Gaelic UnitBlacklaw Primary SchoolHunter Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Loch Shin (after), 300 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Hilary's Primary School are Calderglen High School (0.1 miles) and St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (0.6 miles).

Calderglen High SchoolSt Andrew's and St Bride's High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:South Lanarkshire
Phone:01355 232066
Address:High Common Road, St Leonards, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 2AX
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Hilary's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8532028

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Loch Shin (after)
302m · 5 min walk
Loch Loyal (after)
314m · 5 min walk
Blacklaw Drive (Near)
363m · 6 min walk
Loch Assynt (after)
373m · 6 min walk
Loch Maree (after)
416m · 7 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
6
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.

3 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Hilary's Primary School

What is the catchment area for St Hilary's Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Hilary'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 Hilary's Primary School?

If you live in St Hilary'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 Hilary's Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 3 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 Hilary's Primary School?

St Hilary's Primary School is at High Common Road, St Leonards, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 2AX.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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