St Ninian's Primary School, Prestwick
St Ninian's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Prestwick. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Ninian's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Ninian'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 Ninian's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 128 pupils, an average class size of 18.3 and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
10% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 59% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Ninian's Primary School are Glenburn Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Kingcase Primary School (1 mile), Monkton Primary School (1.2 miles) and Heathfield Primary School (1.3 miles).
Glenburn Primary SchoolKingcase Primary SchoolMonkton Primary SchoolHeathfield Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestwick Rail Station, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sherwood Road (before), 90 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Ninian's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 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 South Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 50 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 Ninian's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Ninian's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Ninian'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 South Ayrshire. South Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Ninian's Primary School?
If you live in St Ninian's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Ninian's 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, 1 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 South Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Ninian's Primary School?
St Ninian's Primary School is at Sherwood Road, Prestwick, Prestwick, KA9 1EY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)