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Kilmacolm Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational222 pupilsInverclyde
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 support26%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll222Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Kilmacolm Primary School is a council school in Kilmacolm for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 222 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Churchill Road, Kilmacolm, Kilmacolm, PA13 4LH01475 715812kilmacolm.inverclyde.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 Kilmacolm 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 Inverclyde council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll222Census 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 support26%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%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 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
26P1
37P2
24P3
35P4
39P5
30P6
31P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 22622620222023: 22922920232024: 22522520242025: 22722720252026: 2222222026
Since 2022: -4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll222227225229226
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%9.1%7.8%9.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)25.7%28.2%26.7%10.0%11.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.3%2.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.616.716.717.115.915.416.8
Average class sizeAverage class size24.725.225.025.425.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers12.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.6Scotland 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
St Francis' Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles266HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newark Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles369HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles141HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langbank Primary SchoolCouncil2.9 miles66HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bridge Of Weir Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles413HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Fillan's Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles108HMIE, no open dataCompare
Houston Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles503HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles277HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kilmacolm Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kilmacolm Primary School have?

222 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
Churchill Road, Kilmacolm, Kilmacolm, PA13 4LH
Telephone
01475 715812
Website
kilmacolm.inverclyde.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
Inverclyde
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
8643024
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from