Glebe Primary School, IRVINE
Glebe Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Irvine.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glebe Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Glebe 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 256 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 14.5 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
43% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 19.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 64% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glebe Primary School are Loudoun-Montgomery Primary School (0.2 miles), Woodlands Primary School (0.5 miles), St Mark's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Elderbank Primary School (1.1 miles).
Loudoun-Montgomery Primary SchoolWoodlands Primary SchoolSt Mark's Primary SchoolElderbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Irvine Rail Station, about 750 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirk Vennel (before), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Glebe Primary School are Irvine Royal Academy (1.1 miles) and Greenwood Academy (1.2 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 Glebe Primary School in May 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionexcellent
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Glebe Primary School
Questions parents ask about Glebe Primary School
When was Glebe Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glebe Primary School in May 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as excellent and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glebe Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glebe 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 Glebe Primary School?
If you live in Glebe 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 Glebe Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Glebe Primary School?
Glebe Primary School is at Kirk Vennel, IRVINE, IRVINE, KA12 0DQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)