St Patrick's Primary School, STRATHAVEN
St Patrick's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Strathaven. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Patrick's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Patrick'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 Patrick's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 86 pupils, an average class size of 21.5 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 14.1% 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 33% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Patrick's Primary School are Wester Overton Primary School (0.2 miles), Kirklandpark Primary School (0.5 miles), Sandford Primary School (1.6 miles) and Glassford Primary School (1.9 miles).
Wester Overton Primary SchoolKirklandpark Primary SchoolSandford Primary SchoolGlassford Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Patrick's Primary School.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North Street (opposite), 110 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 Patrick's Primary School in May 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Patrick's Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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St Patrick's Primary School
Questions parents ask about St Patrick's Primary School
When was St Patrick's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Patrick's Primary School in May 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 Patrick's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Patrick'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 Patrick's Primary School?
If you live in St Patrick'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 Patrick's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Patrick's Primary School?
St Patrick's Primary School is at Commercial Road, STRATHAVEN, STRATHAVEN, ML10 6JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)