St Winning's Primary School, KILWINNING
St Winning's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kilwinning. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Winning's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Winning'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 107 pupils, an average class size of 21.4 and 11.9 pupils per teacher.
61% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 89% in 2024/25, and 35.7% 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 good (A); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Winning's Primary School are Abbey Primary School (0.2 miles), Blacklands Primary School (0.3 miles), Pennyburn Primary School (0.3 miles) and Whitehirst Park Primary (0.5 miles).
Abbey Primary SchoolBlacklands Primary SchoolPennyburn Primary SchoolWhitehirst Park Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilwinning Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dunure Courts (before), 170 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 Winning's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
5 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 Winning's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Winning's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Winning'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 Winning's Primary School?
If you live in St Winning'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 Winning's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 5 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 Winning's Primary School?
St Winning's Primary School is at St Winning's Road, KILWINNING, KILWINNING, KA13 6JX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)