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Dundonald Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational146 pupilsSouth 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 getting extra support40%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll146Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dundonald Primary School is a council school in Kilmarnock for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 146 pupils. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Castle Drive, Dundonald, KILMARNOCK, Kilmarnock, KA2 9EP01292 690075dundonald.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 Dundonald 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 roll146Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support40%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (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.
23P1
18P2
18P3
26P4
23P5
22P6
16P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 17917920222023: 17317320232024: 16816820242025: 16016020252026: 1461462026
Since 2022: -33
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll146160168173179
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals21.6%32.7%27.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)40.4%38.1%23.8%27.2%15.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.014.414.915.214.716.117.3
Average class sizeAverage class size20.922.924.024.722.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers11.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.9Scotland 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
Dreghorn Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles252HMIE, no open dataCompare
Symington Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles176HMIE, no open dataCompare
Springside Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles86HMIE, no open dataCompare
Struthers Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles333HMIE, no open dataCompare
Crosshouse Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles155HMIE, no open dataCompare
Elderbank Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles359HMIE, no open dataCompare
Muirhead Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles128HMIE, no open dataCompare
Barassie Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dundonald Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dundonald Primary School have?

146 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
Castle Drive, Dundonald, KILMARNOCK, Kilmarnock, KA2 9EP
Telephone
01292 690075
Website
www.dundonald.sayr.sch.uk
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
South Ayrshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
8233128
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from