Nether Robertland Primary School, Stewarton
Nether Robertland Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Stewarton.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Nether Robertland Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Nether Robertland 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.
Nether Robertland Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 295 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 12.3% 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 68% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Nether Robertland Primary School are Lainshaw Primary School (0.7 miles), Dunlop Primary School (2.4 miles), Fenwick Primary School (2.8 miles) and Kilmaurs Primary School (3.2 miles).
Lainshaw Primary SchoolDunlop Primary SchoolFenwick Primary SchoolKilmaurs Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stewarton Rail Station, about 810 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Netherland Road (before), 110 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 Nether Robertland Primary School in March 2024.
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 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 Nether Robertland Primary School
When was Nether Robertland Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Nether Robertland Primary School in March 2024. 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 Nether Robertland Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Nether Robertland 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 Nether Robertland Primary School?
If you live in Nether Robertland 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 Nether Robertland 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, 0 serious and 1 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Nether Robertland Primary School?
Nether Robertland Primary School is at Pokelly Place, Stewarton, Stewarton, KA3 5PF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)