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Muirkirk Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational108 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 support32%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll108Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Muirkirk Primary School is a council school in Muirkirk for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 108 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Burns Avenue, Muirkirk, Muirkirk, KA18 3RH01290 661350blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/muirkirkpsAll 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 Muirkirk 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 roll108Census 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 support32%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (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.
17P1
14P2
15P3
11P4
14P5
16P6
21P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 10410420222023: 10010020232024: 10310320242025: 10410420252026: 1081082026
Since 2022: +4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll108104103100104
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%31.4%30.3%25.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)31.5%37.5%36.9%30.0%31.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.712.512.612.212.214.215.3
Average class sizeAverage class size21.620.820.620.020.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers7.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size21.6Scotland 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

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Muirkirk Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Muirkirk Primary School have?

108 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
Burns Avenue, Muirkirk, Muirkirk, KA18 3RH
Telephone
01290 661350
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/muirkirkps
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
Remote rural areas
SEED code
8243921
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from