Abbey Primary School, KILWINNING
Abbey Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilwinning.
- Attendance
- 90.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Abbey Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Abbey Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Abbey Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 213 pupils, an average class size of 23.7 and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
57% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.6% in 2024/25, and 35% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Abbey Primary School are St Winning's Primary School (0.2 miles), Blacklands Primary School (0.4 miles), Pennyburn Primary School (0.5 miles) and Corsehill Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Winning's Primary SchoolBlacklands Primary SchoolPennyburn Primary SchoolCorsehill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilwinning Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Claremont Crescent (opposite), 30 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Abbey Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Abbey Primary School
What is the catchment area for Abbey Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Abbey Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Abbey Primary School?
If you live in Abbey Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Abbey Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Abbey Primary School?
Abbey Primary School is at Claremont Crescent, KILWINNING, KILWINNING, KA13 7HD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)