Heathfield Primary School, Ayr
Heathfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Ayr.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Heathfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Heathfield 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.
Heathfield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 435 pupils, an average class size of 17.4 and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
18% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 18.7% 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 good (A); the school was 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Heathfield Primary School are Kingcase Primary School (0.3 miles), Braehead Primary School (0.9 miles), Newton Primary School (1.1 miles) and Dalmilling Primary School (1.2 miles).
Kingcase Primary SchoolBraehead Primary SchoolNewton Primary SchoolDalmilling Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newton-on-Ayr Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marchfield Road (after), 200 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Heathfield Primary School are Prestwick Academy (1.5 miles), Ayr Academy (1.6 miles), South Ayrshire Council Virtual School (1.8 miles) and Kyle Academy (1.9 miles).
Prestwick AcademyAyr AcademySouth Ayrshire Council Virtual SchoolKyle Academy
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 Heathfield Primary School in September 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Heathfield Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Heathfield Primary School
Questions parents ask about Heathfield Primary School
When was Heathfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Heathfield Primary School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Heathfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Heathfield 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 Heathfield Primary School?
If you live in Heathfield 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 Heathfield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Heathfield Primary School?
Heathfield Primary School is at Heathfield Road, Ayr, Ayr, KA8 9DR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)