Kilmaurs Primary School, Kilmaurs
Kilmaurs Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilmaurs.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilmaurs Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kilmaurs 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 209 pupils, an average class size of 23.2 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 16.3% 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 poor (C); the school was 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kilmaurs Primary School are Mount Carmel Primary School (1.4 miles), Onthank Primary School (1.5 miles), Hillhead Primary School (1.5 miles) and Crosshouse Primary School (2.1 miles).
Mount Carmel Primary SchoolOnthank Primary SchoolHillhead Primary SchoolCrosshouse Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmaurs Rail Station, about 100 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vine Park Drive (before), 130 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilmaurs Primary School in November 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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 Kilmaurs Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 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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Questions parents ask about Kilmaurs Primary School
When was Kilmaurs Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilmaurs Primary School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kilmaurs Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilmaurs 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 Kilmaurs Primary School?
If you live in Kilmaurs 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 Kilmaurs 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, 0 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 Kilmaurs Primary School?
Kilmaurs Primary School is at 15 Sunnyside, Kilmaurs, Kilmaurs, KA3 2RY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)