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Alloway Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
16 Doonholm Road, Ayr KA7 4QQ · alloway.sayr.sch.uk · 01292 612490
Overview
- Pupils
- 381
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- South Ayrshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 60 places
- Teachers
- 21.5
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Average class size
- 27.2
- Additional support needs
- 111 pupils (29%)
- English as an additional language
- 6 pupils (2%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (255 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 1%
- 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 25 March 2025) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Raising attainment and achievement 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 25 Mar 2025
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Jan 2010
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Jan 2010Inspection
Improvements in performance 3 · Satisfactory Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 2 · Weak The curriculum 4 · Good Improvement through self-evaluation 3 · Satisfactory
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 10 Aug 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 60
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |