Ballantrae Primary School, GIRVAN
Ballantrae Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Girvan.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ballantrae Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ballantrae 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.
Ballantrae Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 40 pupils, an average class size of 13.3 and 9.8 pupils per teacher.
43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.2% in 2024/25, and 23.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 53% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ballantrae Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Arrol Avenue (at), 160 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 Ballantrae Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 South Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 50 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 Ballantrae Primary School
What is the catchment area for Ballantrae Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ballantrae 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 South Ayrshire. South Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ballantrae Primary School?
If you live in Ballantrae Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Ballantrae Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 South Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ballantrae Primary School?
Ballantrae Primary School is at 6 The Vennel, Ballantrae, GIRVAN, GIRVAN, KA26 0NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)