Dalmellington Primary School, Dalmellington
Dalmellington Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dalmellington.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dalmellington Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dalmellington 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.
Dalmellington Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 83 pupils, an average class size of 16.6 and 8.8 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
69% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 20.8% 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 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dalmellington Primary School are Bellsbank Primary School (0.9 miles), Patna Primary School (4.7 miles) and St Xavier's Primary School (4.7 miles).
Bellsbank Primary SchoolPatna Primary SchoolSt Xavier's Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Dalmellington Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bellsbank Crescent (after), 50 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 Dalmellington Primary School in April 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Dalmellington Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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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Dalmellington Primary School
Questions parents ask about Dalmellington Primary School
When was Dalmellington Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dalmellington Primary School in April 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dalmellington Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dalmellington 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 Dalmellington Primary School?
If you live in Dalmellington 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 Dalmellington 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Dalmellington Primary School?
Dalmellington Primary School is at Ayr Road, Dalmellington, Dalmellington, KA6 7SJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)