School Chooser

Dalmilling Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational296 pupilsAyrSouth 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 meals59%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support58%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll296Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dalmilling Primary School is a council school in Ayr for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 296 pupils. About 59 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

4 Harthall, Ayr, Ayr, KA8 0PD01292 612736dalmilling.sayr.sch.ukAll 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 Dalmilling 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 South Ayrshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll296Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals59%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support58%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
34P1
43P2
30P3
45P4
46P5
44P6
54P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 35535520222023: 34234220232024: 32932920242025: 30330320252026: 2962962026
Since 2022: -59
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll296303329342355
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals59.2%53.2%40.4%43.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)58.4%50.8%48.9%45.3%40.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.314.211.011.411.811.412.2
Average class sizeAverage class size24.725.319.421.422.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers22.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.7Scotland 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
Braehead Primary SchoolCouncil960 m174HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles222HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newton Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles124HMIE, no open dataCompare
Heathfield Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles435HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kingcase Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Forehill Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles463HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holmston Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles189HMIE, no open dataCompare
Grammar Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dalmilling Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dalmilling Primary School have?

296 pupils aged 4 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
4 Harthall, Ayr, Ayr, KA8 0PD
Telephone
01292 612736
Website
www.dalmilling.sayr.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Ayrshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8231028
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from