Holmston Primary School, Ayr
Holmston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Ayr.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Holmston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Holmston 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 189 pupils, an average class size of 27 and 16 pupils per teacher.
24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 21.8% 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 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Holmston Primary School are St John's Primary School (0.6 miles), Newton Primary School (0.7 miles), Forehill Primary School (0.8 miles) and Braehead Primary School (1 mile).
St John's Primary SchoolNewton Primary SchoolForehill Primary SchoolBraehead Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ayr Rail Station, about 120 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Castlehill Road (after), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Holmston Primary School are Ayr Academy (0.6 miles), South Ayrshire Council Virtual School (0.6 miles), Kyle Academy (1 mile) and Queen Margaret Academy (1.3 miles).
Ayr AcademySouth Ayrshire Council Virtual SchoolKyle AcademyQueen Margaret 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 Holmston Primary School in March 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Holmston Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 12
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 6 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
4 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Holmston Primary School
Questions parents ask about Holmston Primary School
When was Holmston Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Holmston Primary School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Holmston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Holmston 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 Holmston Primary School?
If you live in Holmston 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 Holmston Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 12 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 4 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 Holmston Primary School?
Holmston Primary School is at Holmston Road, Ayr, Ayr, KA7 3BB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)