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Blacklaw Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational156 pupilsEast KilbrideSouth Lanarkshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support39%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher6.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll156Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Blacklaw Primary School is a council school in East Kilbride for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 156 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Glen Arroch, St Leonard's, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G74 2BP01355 232064blacklaw-pri.s-lanark.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Blacklaw Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through South Lanarkshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll156Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support39%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
22P1
21P2
17P3
12P4
33P5
19P6
32P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 20020020222023: 17917920232024: 16616620242025: 16516520252026: 1561562026
Since 2022: -44
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll156165166179200
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals25.5%16.1%23.6%9.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)38.5%34.5%27.7%12.8%17.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio6.67.28.67.17.48.48.2
Average class sizeAverage class size22.323.623.722.425.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers23.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher6.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.3Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Hilary's Primary SchoolCouncil390 m154HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mount Cameron Primary SchoolCouncil650 m157HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mount Cameron Primary School Gaelic UnitCouncil650 m70HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hunter Primary SchoolCouncil820 m204HMIE, no open dataCompare
Maxwellton Primary SchoolCouncil830 m180HMIE, no open dataCompare
Halfmerke Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles198HMIE, no open dataCompare
Murray Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles199HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Leonard's Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles260HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Blacklaw Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Blacklaw Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Blacklaw Primary School have?

156 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Glen Arroch, St Leonard's, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G74 2BP
Telephone
01355 232064
Website
www.blacklaw-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Lanarkshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8530521
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from