Dundonald Primary School, KILMARNOCK
Dundonald Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 92.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dundonald Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dundonald 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.
Dundonald Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 146 pupils, an average class size of 20.9 and 13 pupils per teacher.
40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 20.4% 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 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dundonald Primary School are Dreghorn Primary School (2 miles), Symington Primary School (2.4 miles), Springside Primary School (2.4 miles) and Struthers Primary School (2.5 miles).
Dreghorn Primary SchoolSymington Primary SchoolSpringside Primary SchoolStruthers Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Barassie Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Wynd (after), 260 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 Dundonald Primary School in January 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery 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 Dundonald Primary School
Getting There
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.
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 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 Dundonald Primary School
When was Dundonald Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dundonald Primary School in January 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment 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 Dundonald Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dundonald 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 Dundonald Primary School?
If you live in Dundonald 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 Dundonald 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. 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 South Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dundonald Primary School?
Dundonald Primary School is at Castle Drive, Dundonald, KILMARNOCK, KILMARNOCK, KA2 9EP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)