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Marr College

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,093 pupilsTroonSouth 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 meals12%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support42%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher13.2Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,093Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Marr College is a council school in Troon for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,093 pupils. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Dundonald Road, Troon, Troon, KA10 7AB01292 690022marr.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 Marr College.

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 roll1,093Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals12%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support42%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas32%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
184S1
192S2
213S3
202S4
178S5
124S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,0421,04220222023: 1,0671,06720232024: 1,1221,12220242025: 1,1091,10920252026: 1,0931,0932026
Since 2022: +51
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,0931,1091,1221,0671,042
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals11.6%10.7%11.6%12.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.1%33.1%31.3%23.7%23.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1.3%0.8%1.3%0.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.213.613.413.713.213.413.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers82.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.2Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Prestwick AcademyCouncil3.6 miles1,126HMIE, no open dataCompare
Greenwood AcademyCouncil4.2 miles1,415HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Marr College a good school?

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

How many pupils does Marr College have?

1,093 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
Dundonald Road, Troon, Troon, KA10 7AB
Telephone
01292 690022
Website
www.marr.sayr.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Ayrshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8237832
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from