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Udston Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational316 pupilsHamiltonSouth 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 meals38%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support38%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas43%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll316Census September 2025

Udston Primary School is a council school in Hamilton for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 316 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Thornhill Road, Hillhouse, HAMILTON, Hamilton, ML3 9PS01698 823677udston-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 Udston 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 roll316Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals38%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support38%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas43%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas20%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
43P1
49P2
43P3
44P4
50P5
46P6
41P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 32432420222023: 33033020232024: 32832820242025: 32132120252026: 3163162026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll316321328330324
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals37.9%25.0%24.1%29.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)38.3%22.4%26.2%31.2%38.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.5%3.1%2.7%2.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.019.318.716.917.518.418.2
Average class sizeAverage class size26.326.827.327.527.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.3Scotland 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 Ninian's Primary SchoolCouncil390 m227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Townhill Primary SchoolCouncil640 m299HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Cuthbert's Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles224HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glenlee Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles294HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mark's Primary School (Hamilton)Council1.0 miles266HMIE, no open dataCompare
Auchinraith Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles279HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles102HMIE, no open dataCompare
Neilsland Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles172HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Udston Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Udston Primary School have?

316 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
Thornhill Road, Hillhouse, HAMILTON, Hamilton, ML3 9PS
Telephone
01698 823677
Website
www.udston-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
Large urban areas
SEED code
8522529
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from