Lochwinnoch Primary School, LOCHWINNOCH
Lochwinnoch Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lochwinnoch.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochwinnoch Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochwinnoch 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.
Lochwinnoch Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 189 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 16.2 pupils per teacher.
13% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 29% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 18.8% 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 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lochwinnoch Primary School are Howwood Primary School (3.1 miles), Beith Primary School (3.4 miles), Moorpark Primary School (3.5 miles) and Gateside Primary School (3.6 miles).
Howwood Primary SchoolBeith Primary SchoolMoorpark Primary SchoolGateside Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lochwinnoch Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Calder Drive (before), 190 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 Lochwinnoch Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Lochwinnoch Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Lochwinnoch Primary School
What is the catchment area for Lochwinnoch Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochwinnoch 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lochwinnoch Primary School?
If you live in Lochwinnoch Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Lochwinnoch Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lochwinnoch Primary School?
Lochwinnoch Primary School is at Calder Street, LOCHWINNOCH, LOCHWINNOCH, PA12 4DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)