About

Bothwell Primary is a non-denominational primary school, situated in the village of Bothwell.  Its associated secondary school is Uddingston Grammar School. The associated church of the school is Bothwell Parish Church.  Our school currently caters for children from Nursery to Primary 7. Our nursery is a temporary addition to the school.  We have 12 primary classes and 2 nursery playrooms. The current roll is 360. We have a staffing allocation in line with National and Council policy which consists of 1 Head Teacher, 1 Depute Head Teacher, we have 2 teachers fulfilling the PT role and 17 class teachers. There are also 10 support assistants. At Bothwell Primary we welcome community involvement in the school. We are keen to work with all stakeholders and welcome them to community events, assemblies and other celebratory occasions. 

Our school is vibrant and busy. We value our links with parents and carers and work hard to foster positive relationships between home and school. As an ECO school we are very aware of the need to reduce our paper and photocopying costs whilst ensuring that all stakeholders feel informed and involved in the life of the school.  Implementing Covid-19 guidelines has further strengthened our Eco approach, by all communications where possible, now being done electronically via email or our school app.  However, account is taken of families unable to access the internet and their needs are met in other ways.

Our Pupil Equity funding has enabled us to support and enhance the learning of our identified children through additional staffing and resources. Our Scottish Government additional funding has furthered this by enabling staff to dedicate time to those children who, perhaps due to lockdown, are not quite on track, in order to close the gap.

We encourage a good work ethic and pride in the school. Our parents and carers support us by organising fundraising events and fun activities for the children through the combined PTA and parent council. We have a great pride in our school uniform and our parents and carers support us by ensuring most children arrive at school with the appropriate clothing.  Again, in order to promote equity, the school can provide uniform to families where appropriate, and in line with current financial constraints, no pressure is put on children to be in school uniform.