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Catrine Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational124 pupilsEast 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 meals100%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas75%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll124Census September 2025

Catrine Primary School is a council school in Catrine for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 124 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Fourfields, Catrine, Catrine, KA5 6PS01290 551436blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/catrinepsandeccAll 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 Catrine Primary School.

Getting a place

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 East Ayrshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll124Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals100%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas75%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
18P1
16P2
19P3
17P4
17P5
16P6
21P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 12312320222023: 12412420232024: 13613620242025: 13813820252026: 1241242026
Since 2022: +1
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll124138136124123
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%39.1%33.3%28.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)23.4%26.1%27.2%25.8%24.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.714.715.514.113.413.215.0
Average class sizeAverage class size17.719.722.720.720.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers9.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.7Scotland 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
Sorn Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles29HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mauchline Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles292HMIE, no open dataCompare
Auchinleck Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles134HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ochiltree Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles90HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lochnorris Primary SchoolCouncil3.7 miles447HMIE, no open dataCompare
Logan Primary SchoolCouncil4.9 miles109HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Catrine Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Catrine Primary School have?

124 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
Fourfields, Catrine, Catrine, KA5 6PS
Telephone
01290 551436
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/catrinepsandecc
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
East Ayrshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
8240825
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from