Sorn Primary School, Sorn
Sorn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Sorn.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sorn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sorn 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 29 pupils, an average class size of 14.5 and 7.8 pupils per teacher.
48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 32.4% 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 48% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sorn Primary School are Catrine Primary School (1.8 miles), Auchinleck Primary School (2.6 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (2.7 miles) and Mauchline Primary School (3.3 miles).
Catrine Primary SchoolAuchinleck Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolMauchline Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Auchinleck Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodlands Road (opposite), 160 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 Sorn Primary School in November 2025.
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Sorn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Sorn Primary School
When was Sorn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sorn Primary School in November 2025. 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 Sorn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sorn 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 Sorn Primary School?
If you live in Sorn 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 Sorn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Sorn Primary School?
Sorn Primary School is at 14 Main Street, Sorn, Sorn, KA5 6HU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)