Springside Primary School, IRVINE
Springside Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Irvine.
- Attendance
- 90.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Springside Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Springside 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.
Springside Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 86 pupils, an average class size of 17.2 and 9.1 pupils per teacher.
64% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 67% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 42.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Springside Primary School are Dreghorn Primary School (1.1 miles), St John Ogilvie Primary School (1.5 miles), Crosshouse Primary School (1.6 miles) and Elderbank Primary School (1.7 miles).
Dreghorn Primary SchoolSt John Ogilvie Primary SchoolCrosshouse Primary SchoolElderbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmaurs Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkland Terrace (near), 200 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 Springside Primary School in February 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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 Springside Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Springside Primary School
Questions parents ask about Springside Primary School
When was Springside Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Springside Primary School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Springside Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Springside 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 Springside Primary School?
If you live in Springside 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 Springside Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Springside Primary School?
Springside Primary School is at Station Road, Springside, IRVINE, IRVINE, KA11 3AZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)