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Mauchline Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational292 pupilsEast 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 support13%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas18%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll292Census September 2025

Mauchline Primary School is a council school in Mauchline for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 292 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

The Loan, Mauchline, Mauchline, KA5 6AN01290 550306blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mauchlinepsandeccAll 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 Mauchline 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 roll292Census 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 support13%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas18%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas22%Scotland 15%
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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
36P1
48P2
43P3
41P4
40P5
44P6
40P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 28228220222023: 27727720232024: 28128120242025: 29529520252026: 2922922026
Since 2022: +10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll292295281277282
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%27.0%18.8%16.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)13.0%15.3%16.0%13.7%9.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.218.818.217.216.516.716.8
Average class sizeAverage class size26.526.825.525.225.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.5Scotland 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
Catrine Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles124HMIE, no open dataCompare
Sorn Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles29HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ochiltree Primary SchoolCouncil3.9 miles90HMIE, no open dataCompare
Auchinleck Primary SchoolCouncil4.2 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
Tarbolton Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles205HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles134HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Mauchline Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Mauchline Primary School have?

292 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
The Loan, Mauchline, Mauchline, KA5 6AN
Telephone
01290 550306
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mauchlinepsandecc
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
8241929
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from