St John's Primary School (Hamilton), Hamilton

St John's Primary School (Hamilton) 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 258 pupils, an average class size of 17.2 and 11.2 pupils per teacher.

31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.

19% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 26.3% 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 60% full.

From the headteacher's welcome: "In St John’s we constantly strive to ensure a positive school ethos exists where all our children and staff are respected and valued and learn in a supportive environment. We promote positive attitudes to learning through a culture of praise and reward whilst developing high expectations of academic achievement and social, moral and spiritual responsibility."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state primary schools to St John's Primary School (Hamilton) are St Mary's Primary School (Hamilton) (0.4 miles), Woodside Primary School (0.4 miles), Our Lady and St Anne's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Chatelherault Primary School (0.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Hamilton Central Rail Station, about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dixon street (at), 90 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to St John's Primary School (Hamilton) are Hamilton Grammar School (0.1 miles), Holy Cross High School (0.9 miles) and St John Ogilvie High School (1.3 miles).