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Murray Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational199 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 meals46%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support45%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher11.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll199Census September 2025

Murray Primary School is a council school in East Kilbride for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 199 pupils. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Napier Hill, Murray, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G75 0JP01355 222566murray-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 Murray 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 roll199Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals46%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support45%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas8%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
36P1
27P2
22P3
26P4
31P5
29P6
28P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 20920920222023: 20720720232024: 20020020242025: 20120120252026: 1991992026
Since 2022: -10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll199201200207209
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals45.6%37.7%40.9%35.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)44.7%29.4%39.5%41.5%47.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.5%5.0%4.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.611.912.812.012.29.411.7
Average class sizeAverage class size18.120.118.218.817.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.1Scotland 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 Louise's Primary SchoolCouncil430 m189HMIE, no open dataCompare
Heathery Knowe Primary SchoolCouncil500 m248HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary SchoolCouncil820 m345HMIE, no open dataCompare
Greenhills Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles199HMIE, no open dataCompare
South Park Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles181HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mount Cameron Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles157HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mount Cameron Primary School Gaelic UnitCouncil0.9 miles70HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Kenneth's Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles512HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Murray Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Murray Primary School have?

199 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
Napier Hill, Murray, EAST KILBRIDE, East Kilbride, G75 0JP
Telephone
01355 222566
Website
www.murray-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
8531722
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from