Kirn Primary School, DUNOON
Kirn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunoon.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirn 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.
Kirn Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 293 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
52% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 23.1% 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 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kirn Primary School are St Mun's Primary School (0.4 miles), Dunoon Primary School (0.9 miles), Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit (1.1 miles) and Sandbank Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Mun's Primary SchoolDunoon Primary SchoolSandbank Primary Gaelic UnitSandbank Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kirn Primary School.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirn Primary School (before), 50 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 Kirn Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Kirn Primary School
Newsletter 2.10.26
2 Oct 2026
Newsletter 25.09.2026
25 Sep 2026
Newsletter 18.09.2026
18 Sep 2026
Newsletter 11.09.2026
11 Sep 2026
Newsletter 04.09.2026
31 Aug 2026
Newsletter 28.08.26
28 Aug 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Kirn Primary School
What is the catchment area for Kirn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirn 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kirn Primary School?
If you live in Kirn Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kirn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kirn Primary School?
Kirn Primary School is at Park Road, Kirn, DUNOON, DUNOON, PA23 8EH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)