Whitehirst Park Primary, KILWINNING
Whitehirst Park Primary is a primary school for pupils in Kilwinning.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Whitehirst Park Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Whitehirst Park Primary 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.
Whitehirst Park Primary offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 257 pupils, an average class size of 21.4 and 14.9 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 11.9% 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 76% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Whitehirst Park Primary are St Luke's Primary School (0.2 miles), Pennyburn Primary School (0.4 miles), St Winning's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Abbey Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Luke's Primary SchoolPennyburn Primary SchoolSt Winning's Primary SchoolAbbey Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilwinning Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Doura Way (before), 180 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Whitehirst Park Primary in October 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 Whitehirst Park Primary
When was Whitehirst Park Primary last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Whitehirst Park Primary in October 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Whitehirst Park Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Whitehirst Park Primary 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 Whitehirst Park Primary?
If you live in Whitehirst Park Primary'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 Whitehirst Park Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 Whitehirst Park Primary?
Whitehirst Park Primary is at Stevenston Road, KILWINNING, KILWINNING, KA13 6NQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)