St Ninian's Primary School, HAMILTON
St Ninian's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Hamilton. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Ninian's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Ninian'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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 227 pupils, an average class size of 25.2 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
51% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.8% in 2024/25, and 22.9% 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 Ninian's Primary School are Townhill Primary School (0.2 miles), Udston Primary School (0.2 miles), St Cuthbert's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Glenlee Primary School (0.7 miles).
Townhill Primary SchoolUdston Primary SchoolSt Cuthbert's Primary SchoolGlenlee Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hamilton West Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lauder Lane (at), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Ninian's Primary School are St John Ogilvie High School (0.4 miles), Holy Cross High School (1.3 miles), Calderside Academy (1.3 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Ninian's Primary School in November 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- 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, 2 serious and 7 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 Ninian's Primary School
When was St Ninian's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Ninian's Primary School in November 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Ninian's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Ninian'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 Ninian's Primary School?
If you live in St Ninian'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 Ninian'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, 2 serious and 7 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 Ninian's Primary School?
St Ninian's Primary School is at 13 St Ninian's Road, Hillhouse, HAMILTON, HAMILTON, ML3 9TS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)