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Tarbolton Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational205 pupilsSouth 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 meals31%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support33%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll205Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Tarbolton Primary School is a council school in Tarbolton for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 205 pupils. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Tarbolton Community Campus, Montgomerie Street, TARBOLTON, Tarbolton, KA5 5QA01292 612152tarbolton.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 Tarbolton 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 roll205Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals31%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support33%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
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.
26P1
24P2
29P3
40P4
27P5
33P6
26P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 19519520222023: 20620620232024: 20520520242025: 20020020252026: 2052052026
Since 2022: +10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll205200205206195
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals30.5%29.1%21.3%25.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)32.7%31.0%28.8%23.3%33.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.015.216.313.616.115.313.7
Average class sizeAverage class size22.822.222.822.924.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.8Scotland 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
Annbank Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles242HMIE, no open dataCompare
Symington Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles176HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mauchline Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles292HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glenburn Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles291HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles128HMIE, no open dataCompare
Monkton Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
Coylton Primary SchoolCouncil4.8 miles240HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Tarbolton Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Tarbolton Primary School have?

205 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
Tarbolton Community Campus, Montgomerie Street, TARBOLTON, Tarbolton, KA5 5QA
Telephone
01292 612152
Website
www.tarbolton.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
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Ayrshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
8235023
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from