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St Ninian's Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic128 pupilsPrestwickSouth 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 getting extra support60%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll128Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

St Ninian's Primary School is a council school in Prestwick for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 128 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Sherwood Road, Prestwick, Prestwick, KA9 1EY01292 473457stninians.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 St Ninian's 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 South Ayrshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll128Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support60%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic25%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas20%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
14P1
21P2
17P3
25P4
15P5
21P6
15P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 12612620222023: 12912920232024: 12912920242025: 13613620252026: 1281282026
Since 2022: +2
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll128136129129126
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals16.2%19.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)60.2%50.7%55.0%43.4%35.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7.8%6.6%6.2%7.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.513.913.414.013.414.914.1
Average class sizeAverage class size18.322.718.418.421.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.3Scotland 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
Glenburn Primary SchoolCouncil0 m291HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kingcase Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Monkton Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
Heathfield Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles435HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalmilling Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles296HMIE, no open dataCompare
Braehead Primary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles174HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newton Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles124HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles222HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Ninian's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Ninian's Primary School have?

128 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
Sherwood Road, Prestwick, Prestwick, KA9 1EY
Telephone
01292 473457
Website
www.stninians.sayr.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
South Ayrshire
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8234728
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from