ASN Services

North Lanarkshire has 118 primary schools, 10 of which have attached Language and Communication Support Centres (LCSC). These are smaller classes (generally 6-10 pupils) serving children with particular language and communication needs who are able to access the mainstream school curriculum. The class will have an Learning Support Assistant (previously called ASNA) and receive input from NHS Speech and Language.

All requests to attend a LCSC must be done through a placing request (Additional Support Needs Placing Request | North Lanarkshire Council).

Most LCSC schools offer a placement from P1-7, the exception to this is St Margaret of Scotland which is P1-3 only. North Lanarkshire does not widely publish the LCSC schools and many do not include LCSC in the school name. As at November 2025 there are the following LCSC schools in North Lanarkshire:

• St Margaret’s of Scotland PS (Cumbernauld, P1-3 only)
• St Lucy’s PS (Cumbernauld)
• St Stephen’s PS (Coatbridge)
• Hilltop PS (Airdrie)
• Orchard PS (Wishaw)
• St Aidan’s PS (Wishaw)
• New Stevenston PS (New Stevenson)
• St Timothy’s PS (Coatbridge)

A new LCSC unit will open within the newly built Gartcosh Primary School. The new primary school is due to open in August 2026 but the LSCS may open later than this.