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Lainshaw Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational355 pupilsStewartonEast 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 support15%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.4Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll355Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Lainshaw Primary School is a council school in Stewarton for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 355 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Kilwinning Road, Stewarton, Stewarton, KA3 3DL01560 483653blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/lainshawpsAll 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 Lainshaw 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 roll355Census 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 support15%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
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 smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
45P1
35P2
53P3
50P4
64P5
44P6
64P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 39639620222023: 38938920232024: 39839820242025: 37637620252026: 3553552026
Since 2022: -41
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll355376398389396
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%12.0%13.4%13.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)14.6%20.2%15.8%16.5%17.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.519.619.917.816.918.618.7
Average class sizeAverage class size25.426.926.525.924.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.4Scotland 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
Nether Robertland Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles295HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunlop Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles131HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kilmaurs Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles209HMIE, no open dataCompare
Fenwick Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles120HMIE, no open dataCompare
Onthank Primary SchoolCouncil3.5 miles552HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mount Carmel Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles172HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hillhead Primary SchoolCouncil4.1 miles209HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Andrew's Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles332HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Lainshaw Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lainshaw Primary School have?

355 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
Kilwinning Road, Stewarton, Stewarton, KA3 3DL
Telephone
01560 483653
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/lainshawps
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 small towns
SEED code
8223629
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from