Woodside Primary School, HAMILTON
Woodside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Hamilton.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Woodside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Woodside 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 495 pupils, an average class size of 29.1 and 20.5 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
26% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 13.3% 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 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Woodside Primary School are Chatelherault Primary School (0.4 miles), St John's Primary School (Hamilton) (0.4 miles), St Mary's Primary School (Hamilton) (0.5 miles) and Our Lady and St Anne's Primary School (0.6 miles).
Chatelherault Primary SchoolSt John's Primary School (Hamilton)St Mary's Primary School (Hamilton)Our Lady and St Anne's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hamilton Central Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
26 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Silvertonhill Avenue (after), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Woodside Primary School are Hamilton Grammar School (0.4 miles), Holy Cross High School (1.2 miles) and Dalziel High School (1.8 miles).
Hamilton Grammar SchoolHoly Cross High SchoolDalziel High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Woodside Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
2 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 Woodside Primary School
What is the catchment area for Woodside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodside 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 Woodside Primary School?
If you live in Woodside 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 Woodside Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 2 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 Woodside Primary School?
Woodside Primary School is at Johnstone Road, Slivertonhill, HAMILTON, HAMILTON, ML3 7JR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)