St Mark's Primary School, IRVINE
St Mark's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Irvine. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mark's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Mark'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.
St Mark's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 216 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 18% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
61% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 31.5% 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 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Mark's Primary School are Woodlands Primary School (0.3 miles), Annick Primary School (0.7 miles), Montgomerie Park Primary School (0.7 miles) and Glebe Primary School (0.7 miles).
Woodlands Primary SchoolAnnick Primary SchoolMontgomerie Park Primary SchoolGlebe Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Irvine Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dalrymple Drive (before), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Mark's Primary School are Irvine Royal Academy (1.1 miles) and Greenwood Academy (1.1 miles).
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 Mark's Primary School in February 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 4 serious and 1 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 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 Mark's Primary School
When was St Mark's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mark's Primary School in February 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Mark's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mark'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 Mark's Primary School?
If you live in St Mark'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 Mark's 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, 4 serious and 1 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Mark's Primary School?
St Mark's Primary School is at Clark Drive, IRVINE, IRVINE, KA12 0NS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)