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Loanhead Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock KA1 3AU · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01563 522938
Overview
- Pupils
- 241
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- East Ayrshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 42 places
- Teachers
- 16.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
- Average class size
- 24.1
- Additional support needs
- 57 pupils (24%)
- English as an additional language
- 15 pupils (6%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (190 pupils)
- P6 and older100% (51 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 26%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 27 August 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 2 (weak); Learning, teaching and assessment 2 (weak); Raising attainment and achievement 2 (weak); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 27 Aug 2024
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 2 · Weak |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 2 · Weak |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 2 · Weak |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 2 · Weak |
Previously: inspection, Oct 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Oct 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 3 · Satisfactory Learners’ experiences 3 · Satisfactory Meeting learning needs 2 · Weak The curriculum 3 · Satisfactory Improvement through self-evaluation 2 · Weak
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 19 Jun 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 42
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |