King's Oak Primary School, Greenock
King's Oak Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
King's Oak Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
King's Oak 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.
King's Oak Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 235 pupils, an average class size of 21.4 and 13.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
82% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 29.9% 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 good (A); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to King's Oak Primary School are All Saints Primary School (0.4 miles), St John's Primary School (1.2 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (1.4 miles) and St Mary's Primary School (1.6 miles).
All Saints Primary SchoolSt John's Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolSt Mary's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cartsdyke Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grosvenor Road (before), 30 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 King's Oak Primary School in November 2022.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with King's Oak Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 King's Oak Primary School
When was King's Oak Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of King's Oak Primary School in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for King's Oak Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and King's Oak 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 King's Oak Primary School?
If you live in King's Oak 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 King's Oak Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 King's Oak Primary School?
King's Oak Primary School is at 35 East Crawford Street, Greenock, Greenock, PA15 2DX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)