Whinhill Primary School, Greenock
Whinhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 93.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Whinhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Whinhill 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.
Whinhill Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 255 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 14% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.8% in 2024/25, and 18.4% 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 74% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Whinhill Primary School are St Patrick's Primary School (0.4 miles), Lady Alice Primary School (0.6 miles), Ardgowan Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Joseph's Primary School (1 mile).
St Patrick's Primary SchoolLady Alice Primary SchoolArdgowan Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Drumfrochar Rail Station, about 410 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Merino Road (opposite), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Whinhill Primary School are Notre Dame High School (0.3 miles), Inverclyde Academy (1.4 miles) and Clydeview Academy (1.4 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 Whinhill Primary School in April 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeexcellent
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentexcellent
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionexcellent
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementexcellent
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
Keep up with Whinhill Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Whinhill Primary School
Questions parents ask about Whinhill Primary School
When was Whinhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Whinhill Primary School in April 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as excellent; learning, teaching and assessment as excellent; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as excellent and raising attainment and achievement as excellent, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Whinhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Whinhill 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 Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Whinhill Primary School?
If you live in Whinhill Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Whinhill Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Whinhill Primary School?
Whinhill Primary School is at Drumfrochar Road, Greenock, Greenock, PA15 4EQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)