Onthank Primary School, Kilmarnock
Onthank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Onthank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Onthank 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 552 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 18 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
40% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 21.3% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Onthank Primary School are Mount Carmel Primary School (0.2 miles), Hillhead Primary School (0.7 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (1.1 miles) and Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh (1.4 miles).
Mount Carmel Primary SchoolHillhead Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Primary SchoolSgoil na Coille Nuaidh
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hareshaw Drive (before), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Onthank Primary School are St Joseph's Academy (1.1 miles), Kilmarnock Academy (1.4 miles) and Grange Academy (1.7 miles).
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 Onthank Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 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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Onthank Primary School
Questions parents ask about Onthank Primary School
What is the catchment area for Onthank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Onthank 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 Onthank Primary School?
If you live in Onthank 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 Onthank Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Onthank Primary School?
Onthank Primary School is at Meiklewood Road, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, KA3 2ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)