Coylton Primary School, Coylton
Coylton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Coylton.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Coylton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Coylton 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.
Coylton Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 240 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 9.9% 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 good (A); the school was 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Coylton Primary School are Drongan Primary School (2.1 miles), Annbank Primary School (3.2 miles), Littlemill Primary School (3.6 miles) and Dalmilling Primary School (3.9 miles).
Drongan Primary SchoolAnnbank Primary SchoolLittlemill Primary SchoolDalmilling Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Coylton Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coylton Primary School (opposite), 80 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Coylton Primary School in January 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Coylton Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Coylton Primary School
When was Coylton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Coylton Primary School in January 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Coylton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Coylton 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 Coylton Primary School?
If you live in Coylton 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 Coylton Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Coylton Primary School?
Coylton Primary School is at 4A Main Road, Coylton, Coylton, KA6 6JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)