Welcome to Beckford Primary School’s website.  We hope you find our website useful and easy to use.

In Beckford Primary, we aim to provide a happy and safe environment, where your child will be encouraged and helped to reach their potential.  Our children believe in our school values and demonstrate them throughout all aspects of school life.  We foster in pupils a positive attitude to work and achieve, and encourage them to be independent and motivated to learn.

The partnership between home and school is central to achieving this and we aim to ensure all parents are fully informed and involved in their child’s education. The site is updated regularly to provide parents, and carers, with information which helps them achieve the best educational experiences for their child. We also communicate information about school events and learning opportunities through our Beckford Primary Twitter Feed @beckfordps_slc and our Beckford Primary School App, therefore lots of ways to find out information about all the wonderful experiences taking place at Beckford.
 
If you have not already visited the school, we would be delighted to welcome you and show you around.

I look forward to meeting you.

Kind regards
Lynsey Hogg (Head Teacher)
 

Vision
Our vision is to provide a nurturing, happy and inclusive environment, where children are challenged and supported to help them develop skills for life, work and learning.

Values
At Beckford Primary we all aspire to be:

• Respectful
• Responsible
• Caring
• Friendly

Aims
We aim to regularly reflect on our practice to ensure we deliver an enriching and holistic curriculum, which meets the needs of all our learners, supporting them in their journey to become Confident, Effective, Responsible and Successful Contributors to the school and society.

School Rules
We encourage our children to be READY, RESPECTFUL and SAFE.
 

Beckford Street School, as our school was originally known, had one long room and two smaller classrooms which held 180 pupils. The school was established in 1875 and was funded mainly by the subscriptions given by the members of the Free Church in Hamilton. The school grew and an article written in 1910 tells us that Beckford was considered to be one of the most successful schools in Scotland and had 1082 pupils registered! The article also tells us that children attending Beckford ‘were encouraged to take an interest in everything of a healthy and enobling nature.’
 
Log Books handwritten by the Headteachers of the school give us an idea of what school life was like in the past:
 
11th Aug. 1914
 
School reopened today: all the Staff present but Miss Peebles, who, due to the War in Europe, is detained at Lucerne. Her class meanwhile is being taught by Miss Scott.
 
19th Sep. 1917
 
Due to the visit of the King to Motherwell and neighbourhood, the school was closed today.
 
11th Nov. 1918
 
Received official intimation at 11.45 that the Germans had signed the Armisitice. Got the Union Jack hoisted, which the Pupils saluted. After a short address, the National Anthem was sung, when the school was dismissed.
 
A bulletin written in 1973 describes Beckford as a school where academic standards are maintained while ensuring that teachers discover and nurture as many talents as possible in the pupils in their care.
 

School Uniform
Our pupils always look very smart in their uniforms.

Our school uniform is:
White shirt and school tie (except on gym days)

• Grey or black skirt or trousers
• Burgundy or grey jumper or cardigan or burgundy sweatshirt
• Burgundy blazer with school badge

PE Days
White or yellow polo shirt, shorts, shoes suitable for PE activities

Suggested Uniform Suppliers

https://www.schoolwearmadeeasy.com/

Other suppliers of uniform are available. These are local suppliers of the school badge and tie.