Barassie Primary School, Troon
Barassie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Troon.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Barassie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Barassie 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.
Barassie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 184 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
32% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 40% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 13.4% 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 54% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Barassie Primary School are Struthers Primary School (0.6 miles), Muirhead Primary School (0.8 miles), Troon Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Patrick's Primary School (0.9 miles).
Struthers Primary SchoolMuirhead Primary SchoolTroon Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Barassie Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Muir Drive (before), 120 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 Barassie 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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Barassie Primary School
What is the catchment area for Barassie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Barassie 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 Barassie Primary School?
If you live in Barassie 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 Barassie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Barassie Primary School?
Barassie Primary School is at 30 Burnfoot Avenue, Troon, Troon, KA10 6RQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)