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Halfmerke Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational198 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 meals28%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support25%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll198Census September 2025

Halfmerke Primary School is a council school in East Kilbride for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 198 pupils. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Logie Park, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G74 4BU01355 221982halfmerke-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 Halfmerke 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 roll198Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals28%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support25%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas6%Scotland 15%
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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
24P1
42P2
24P3
25P4
32P5
25P6
26P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 18618620222023: 19219220232024: 19819820242025: 21121120252026: 1981982026
Since 2022: +12
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll198211198192186
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals27.5%20.0%22.0%24.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)24.7%23.2%15.2%22.9%26.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.0%2.8%2.5%3.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.718.216.219.614.514.216.3
Average class sizeAverage class size24.826.424.824.023.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers12.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 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
Maxwellton Primary SchoolCouncil520 m180HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hunter Primary SchoolCouncil780 m204HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Kenneth's Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles512HMIE, no open dataCompare
Blacklaw Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
Long Calderwood PrimaryCouncil0.8 miles165HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Leonard's Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles260HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Hilary's Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles154HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirktonholme Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles339HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Halfmerke Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Halfmerke Primary School have?

198 pupils aged 3 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
Logie Park, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G74 4BU
Telephone
01355 221982
Website
www.halfmerke-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Lanarkshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8531021
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from