Inverkip Primary School, Inverkip
Inverkip Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverkip.
- Attendance
- 95.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Inverkip Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Inverkip 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.
Inverkip Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 192 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.9% in 2024/25, and 5.7% 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 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Inverkip Primary School are Wemyss Bay Primary School (1.3 miles), Skelmorlie Primary School (2.6 miles), Aileymill Primary School (3.1 miles) and Moorfoot Primary School (3.3 miles).
Wemyss Bay Primary SchoolSkelmorlie Primary SchoolAileymill Primary SchoolMoorfoot Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverkip Rail Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Police Station (opposite), 80 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 Inverkip 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 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 Inverkip Primary School
What is the catchment area for Inverkip Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Inverkip 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 Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Inverkip Primary School?
If you live in Inverkip Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Inverkip Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Inverkip Primary School?
Inverkip Primary School is at Station Road, Inverkip, Inverkip, PA16 0AY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)