Mauchline Primary School, Mauchline
Mauchline Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Mauchline.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mauchline Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mauchline 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.
Mauchline Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 292 pupils, an average class size of 26.5 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 13% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
18% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 23% 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 65% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mauchline Primary School are Catrine Primary School (2.1 miles), Sorn Primary School (3.3 miles), Ochiltree Primary School (3.9 miles) and Auchinleck Primary School (4.2 miles).
Catrine Primary SchoolSorn Primary SchoolOchiltree Primary SchoolAuchinleck Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Mauchline Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mansefield Road (before), 200 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 Mauchline Primary School in April 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Mauchline Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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: 1 on foot.
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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 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 Mauchline Primary School
When was Mauchline Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mauchline Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Mauchline Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mauchline 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 East Ayrshire. East Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Mauchline Primary School?
If you live in Mauchline Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Mauchline 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: 1 on foot. 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mauchline Primary School?
Mauchline Primary School is at The Loan, Mauchline, Mauchline, KA5 6AN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)