Kingcase Primary School, Prestwick
Kingcase Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Prestwick.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kingcase Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kingcase 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.
Kingcase Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 325 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 18.1 pupils per teacher.
14% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 46% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 7.9% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kingcase Primary School are Heathfield Primary School (0.3 miles), Glenburn Primary School (1 mile), St Ninian's Primary School (1 mile) and Braehead Primary School (1.2 miles).
Heathfield Primary SchoolGlenburn Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Primary SchoolBraehead Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestwick Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Waterloo Road (before), 300 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 Kingcase Primary School in April 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kingcase Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 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.
Commute and house prices
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Kingcase Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kingcase Primary School
When was Kingcase Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kingcase Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as 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 Kingcase Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kingcase 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 Kingcase Primary School?
If you live in Kingcase 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 Kingcase Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 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 Kingcase Primary School?
Kingcase Primary School is at Nursery Avenue, Prestwick, Prestwick, KA9 2DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)