West Kilbride Primary School, WEST KILBRIDE
West Kilbride Primary School is a primary school for pupils in West Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
West Kilbride Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
West Kilbride 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.
West Kilbride Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 313 pupils, an average class size of 24.1 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 9% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 18.3% 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 West Kilbride Primary School are St Peter's Primary School (3.2 miles), Stanley Primary School (3.6 miles), Winton Primary School (4.1 miles) and St Anthony's Primary School (4.3 miles).
St Peter's Primary SchoolStanley Primary SchoolWinton Primary SchoolSt Anthony's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is West Kilbride Rail Station, about 340 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hunterston Road (at), 100 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 West Kilbride 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 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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Questions parents ask about West Kilbride Primary School
What is the catchment area for West Kilbride Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and West Kilbride 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 West Kilbride Primary School?
If you live in West Kilbride 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 West Kilbride 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, 0 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 West Kilbride Primary School?
West Kilbride Primary School is at Hunterston Road, WEST KILBRIDE, WEST KILBRIDE, KA23 9EX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)