Kinloss Primary School, MORAY
Kinloss Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kinloss Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kinloss 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.
Kinloss Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 212 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
27% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 22.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 69% full.
Kinloss Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kinloss Primary School are Anderson's Primary School (2.6 miles), Applegrove Primary School (2.8 miles), Pilmuir Primary School (3.2 miles) and Alves Primary School (4.1 miles).
Anderson's Primary SchoolApplegrove Primary SchoolPilmuir Primary SchoolAlves Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Forres Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 40 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 Kinloss Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kinloss Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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
Questions parents ask about Kinloss Primary School
What is the catchment area for Kinloss Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kinloss 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kinloss Primary School?
If you live in Kinloss Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kinloss Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kinloss Primary School?
Kinloss Primary School is at Burghead Road, Kinloss, MORAY, MORAY, IV36 3SX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)