Schools in the South Lanarkshire council area
South Lanarkshire has 150 schools listed on OfferDay across 8 towns.
126 primary schools · 17 secondary schools · 7 special and alternative provision schools
About schools in South Lanarkshire
Most of the 150 schools listed in South Lanarkshire are primary schools. Its 17 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another seven schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.
Schools in South Lanarkshire are inspected by Education Scotland. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in South Lanarkshire
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Glassford Primary School Education Scotland, 16 June 2026
- St John Ogilvie High School Education Scotland, 9 June 2026
- West Mains School Education Scotland, 26 May 2026
- St Patrick's Primary School Education Scotland, 26 May 2026
- Long Calderwood Primary Education Scotland, 12 May 2026
- Douglas Primary School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
- Lanark Grammar School Education Scotland, 17 March 2026
- South Park Primary School Education Scotland, 20 January 2026
- St Columbkille's Primary School Education Scotland, 16 December 2025
- Hallside Primary School Education Scotland, 18 November 2025
- Hunter Primary School Education Scotland, 4 November 2025
- Rutherglen High School Education Scotland, 4 November 2025
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under South Lanarkshire.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools23
Secondary schools2
Common questions about schools in South Lanarkshire
- How many schools are in South Lanarkshire?
- OfferDay lists 150 schools in South Lanarkshire, including 126 primary schools and 17 secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in South Lanarkshire?
- Schools in South Lanarkshire are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- Which are the best schools in South Lanarkshire?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in South Lanarkshire. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the South Lanarkshire council area?
- OfferDay groups the South Lanarkshire schools across eight towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 26 July 2026.