Pennyburn Primary School, KILWINNING
Pennyburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilwinning.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pennyburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pennyburn 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.
Pennyburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
75% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 37.6% 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 53% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pennyburn Primary School are St Winning's Primary School (0.3 miles), Blacklands Primary School (0.3 miles), St Luke's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Whitehirst Park Primary (0.4 miles).
St Winning's Primary SchoolBlacklands Primary SchoolSt Luke's Primary SchoolWhitehirst Park Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilwinning Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenapp Place (after), 170 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 Pennyburn Primary School in September 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Pennyburn Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 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 Pennyburn Primary School
When was Pennyburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pennyburn Primary School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Pennyburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pennyburn 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 North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Pennyburn Primary School?
If you live in Pennyburn Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Pennyburn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Pennyburn Primary School?
Pennyburn Primary School is at Sundrum Place, Pennyburn, KILWINNING, KILWINNING, KA13 6SE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)