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Onthank Primary School
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Council school
Meiklewood Road, Kilmarnock KA3 2ES · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01563 525477
Overview
- Pupils
- 552
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- East Ayrshire
- Departments
- Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 151 places
- Teachers
- 30.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
- Average class size
- 26.3
- Additional support needs
- 115 pupils (21%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (383 pupils)
- P6 and older100% (169 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 40%
- 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 (inspection, report published 30 August 2016) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 30 Aug 2016
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 May 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 151
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 4 · Good |