Shiskine Primary School, ISLE OF ARRAN
Shiskine Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Isle of Arran.
- Attendance
- 92.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Shiskine Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Shiskine 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.
Shiskine Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 25 pupils, an average class size of 12.5 and 8.3 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.1% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 50% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Shiskine Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shiskine Primary School (before), 220 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 Shiskine Primary School in August 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Shiskine Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Shiskine Primary School
When was Shiskine Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Shiskine Primary School in August 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Shiskine Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Shiskine 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 Shiskine Primary School?
If you live in Shiskine 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 Shiskine Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Shiskine Primary School?
Shiskine Primary School is at Shiskine, Brodick, ISLE OF ARRAN, ISLE OF ARRAN, KA27 8EP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)