Elderbank Primary School, IRVINE
Elderbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Irvine.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Elderbank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Elderbank 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.
Elderbank Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 359 pupils, an average class size of 16.3 and 10.1 pupils per teacher.
58% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
61% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 26.5% 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 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Elderbank Primary School are St John Ogilvie Primary School (0.6 miles), St Mark's Primary School (0.9 miles), Dreghorn Primary School (0.9 miles) and Annick Primary School (0.9 miles).
St John Ogilvie Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolDreghorn Primary SchoolAnnick Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Irvine Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broomlands Gate (opposite), 110 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 Elderbank 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
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 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 Elderbank Primary School
What is the catchment area for Elderbank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Elderbank 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 North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Elderbank Primary School?
If you live in Elderbank Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Elderbank Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Elderbank Primary School?
Elderbank Primary School is at St Kilda Bank, Broomlands, IRVINE, IRVINE, KA11 1LA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)