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Lanark Grammar School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,120 pupilsLanarkSouth 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 meals20%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support41%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher10.4Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas13%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,120Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Lanark Grammar School is a council school in Lanark for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,120 pupils. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Kirklands Road, Lanark, Lanark, ML11 9AJ01555 667520lanark.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 Lanark Grammar 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 roll1,120Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals20%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support41%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas13%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas4%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
210S1
188S2
198S3
230S4
178S5
116S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,1611,16120222023: 1,1861,18620232024: 1,1431,14320242025: 1,1341,13420252026: 1,1201,1202026
Since 2022: -41
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,1201,1341,1431,1861,161
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19.7%19.6%18.5%16.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)41.3%41.8%40.7%40.3%40.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.1%1.7%1.0%0.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.49.99.810.410.010.310.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers107.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.4Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Lesmahagow High SchoolCouncil4.8 miles666HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carluke High SchoolCouncil5.0 miles1,102HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Lanark Grammar School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lanark Grammar School have?

1,120 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
Kirklands Road, Lanark, Lanark, ML11 9AJ
Telephone
01555 667520
Website
www.lanark.s-lanark.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Lanarkshire
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
8550034
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from