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Kilmory Primary School, ISLE OF ARRAN

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Kilmory Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Isle of Arran.

Attendance
96.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Kilmory Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Kilmory 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.

Kilmory Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 18 pupils, an average class size of 9 and 6.9 pupils per teacher.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 96.5% in 2024/25.

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 36% full.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kilmory Primary School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Torrlinn Terrace (at), 110 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:North Ayrshire
Phone:01770 870262
Address:Kilmory, ISLE OF ARRAN, ISLE OF ARRAN, KA27 8PQ
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilmory Primary School in August 2024.

  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:8200424

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Torrlinn Terrace (at)
110m · 2 min walk
Torrylinn (Opp)
121m · 2 min walk
Kilmory Primary School (At)
195m · 3 min walk
Lagg Hotel (At)
363m · 6 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.

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

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Questions parents ask about Kilmory Primary School

When was Kilmory Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilmory Primary School in August 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Kilmory Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilmory 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 Kilmory Primary School?

If you live in Kilmory 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 Kilmory Primary School?

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Kilmory Primary School?

Kilmory Primary School is at Kilmory, ISLE OF ARRAN, ISLE OF ARRAN, KA27 8PQ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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