St Anthony's Primary School, SALTCOATS
St Anthony's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Saltcoats. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Anthony's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Anthony's 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 242 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
35% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 20.7% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Anthony's Primary School are Dykesmains Primary School (0.3 miles), Mayfield Primary School (0.5 miles), Caledonia Primary School (0.6 miles) and Winton Primary School (0.8 miles).
Dykesmains Primary SchoolMayfield Primary SchoolCaledonia Primary SchoolWinton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ardrossan South Beach Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pladda Road (after), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Anthony's Primary School are Ardrossan Academy (0.4 miles), St Matthew's Academy (0.5 miles) and Auchenharvie Academy (1 mile).
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 St Anthony's Primary School in June 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 St Anthony's Primary School
When was St Anthony's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Anthony's Primary School in June 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 St Anthony's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Anthony's 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 St Anthony's Primary School?
If you live in St Anthony's 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 St Anthony's 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, 2 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Anthony's Primary School?
St Anthony's Primary School is at Dykesmains Road, SALTCOATS, SALTCOATS, KA21 6DE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)