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Biggar Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
John's Loan, Biggar ML12 6ZJ · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01899 221177
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Overview
- Pupils
- 206
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Nursery class
- Yes · 56 places
- Teachers
- 11.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Average class size
- 25.8
- Additional support needs
- 43 pupils (21%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (137 pupils)
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 (inspection, report published 21 August 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 21 Aug 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 18 Jun 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 56
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) | 4 · Good |