Crosshouse Primary School, Crosshouse
Crosshouse Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Crosshouse.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crosshouse Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Crosshouse 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.
Crosshouse Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 26.4% 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 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crosshouse Primary School are Gargieston Primary School (1.5 miles), Annanhill Primary School (1.5 miles), Springside Primary School (1.6 miles) and Hillhead Primary School (2 miles).
Gargieston Primary SchoolAnnanhill Primary SchoolSpringside Primary SchoolHillhead Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmaurs Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Playingfield Road (before), 170 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 Crosshouse 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
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Questions parents ask about Crosshouse Primary School
What is the catchment area for Crosshouse Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crosshouse 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 East Ayrshire. East Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Crosshouse Primary School?
If you live in Crosshouse Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Crosshouse Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crosshouse Primary School?
Crosshouse Primary School is at Playingfield Road, Crosshouse, Crosshouse, KA2 0JJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)