Gargieston Primary School, Kilmarnock
Gargieston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gargieston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gargieston 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.
Gargieston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 410 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 18.9 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 9% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 64% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 11.7% 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 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gargieston Primary School are Annanhill Primary School (0.4 miles), Loanhead Primary School (1 mile), Hillhead Primary School (1.4 miles) and Shortlees Primary School (1.4 miles).
Annanhill Primary SchoolLoanhead Primary SchoolHillhead Primary SchoolShortlees Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mount Avenue (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Gargieston Primary School are Grange Academy (0.4 miles) and St Joseph's Academy (1.7 miles).
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 Gargieston Primary School in June 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Gargieston Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 1 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 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 pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about Gargieston Primary School
When was Gargieston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gargieston Primary School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Gargieston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gargieston 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 Gargieston Primary School?
If you live in Gargieston 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 Gargieston 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, 1 serious and 1 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gargieston Primary School?
Gargieston Primary School is at Dundonald Road, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, KA1 1UG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)