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St Athanasius' Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
John Street, Carluke ML8 4DD · st-athanasius-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk · 01555 771418
Overview
- Pupils
- 225
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery class
- Yes · 72 places
- Teachers
- 13.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Average class size
- 25
- Additional support needs
- 74 pupils (33%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (150 pupils)
- P6 and older33.3% (25 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 22%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 25 April 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 25 Apr 2023
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Securing children’s progress | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 18 Dec 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 72
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |