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Caledonia Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational223 pupilsSaltcoatsNorth Ayrshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals46%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support38%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas68%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll223Census September 2025

Caledonia Primary School is a council school in Saltcoats for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 223 pupils. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Campbell Avenue, SALTCOATS, Saltcoats, KA21 5AF01294 472092blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/na/caledoniaprimaryAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Caledonia Primary School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

North Ayrshire council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 2.1 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through North Ayrshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll223Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals46%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support38%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas68%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
39P1
31P2
37P3
33P4
24P5
30P6
29P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 23523520222023: 22222220232024: 22822820242025: 22422420252026: 2232232026
Since 2022: -12
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll223224228222235
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals45.8%40.3%38.7%30.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)37.7%40.6%46.5%31.1%35.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.5%2.2%5.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.012.914.116.014.315.216.5
Average class sizeAverage class size24.822.422.824.723.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Anthony's Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles242HMIE, no open dataCompare
Winton Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles107HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dykesmains Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mayfield Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles196HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stanley Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles384HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glencairn Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles225HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ardeer Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles145HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles139HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Caledonia Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Caledonia Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Caledonia Primary School have?

223 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Campbell Avenue, SALTCOATS, Saltcoats, KA21 5AF
Telephone
01294 472092
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/na/caledoniaprimary
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
North Ayrshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8218625
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from