St John's Primary School (Blackwood), KIRKMUIRHILL
St John's Primary School (Blackwood) is a primary school for pupils in Kirkmuirhill. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John's Primary School (Blackwood) in detail
School in Scotland
St John's Primary School (Blackwood) 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 63 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 15 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
17% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 23.6% 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 38% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St John's Primary School (Blackwood) are Blackwood Primary School (0.3 miles), Bent Primary School (1 mile), Milton Primary School (2.4 miles) and Netherburn Primary School (2.6 miles).
Blackwood Primary SchoolBent Primary SchoolMilton Primary SchoolNetherburn Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St John's Primary School (Blackwood).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Johns Pr School (at), 210 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 John's Primary School (Blackwood) in August 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
No
Nursery
No
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 St John's Primary School (Blackwood)
When was St John's Primary School (Blackwood) last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St John's Primary School (Blackwood) in August 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St John's Primary School (Blackwood)?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John's Primary School (Blackwood) 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 John's Primary School (Blackwood)?
If you live in St John's Primary School (Blackwood)'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 John's Primary School (Blackwood)?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 St John's Primary School (Blackwood)?
St John's Primary School (Blackwood) is at Heathfield Drive, Blackwood, KIRKMUIRHILL, KIRKMUIRHILL, ML11 9SR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)