South Lanarkshire Primary Schools Ranked 2024: Top 30 primary schools in South Lanarkshire based on latest performance data

The best performing primary schools in Scotland including South Lanarkshire have been ranked based on the latest Achievement in Curriculum for Excellence data. Three primary schools from South Lanarkshire featured in the top 100 in the whole of Scotland which included St Mary’s Primary School in Hamilton, Wester Overton Primary School and St Joseph’s Primary School.

All schools in Scotland are ranked on four key areas of achievement in reading, writing, numeracy, listening and talking. A record 84 schools from nearly 1,200 that submitted data scored top marks (400) across all indicators in the school year ending in the summer of 2023. Each primary school was given a score out of 400 drawing together the percentage of pupils up to standard in each comparable metric.

This list does not definitively rank the primary schools of South Lanarkshire as ‘best to worst’ - as that would fail to take into numerous social, financial, and other factors that come into the overall quality of education.

GlasgowWorld assessed Scottish High Schools last month, you can find the article featuring the best performing high schools in Glasgow in terms of academic attainment here.