Schools in the North Ayrshire council area
North Ayrshire has 59 schools listed on OfferDay across 7 towns.
49 primary schools · 8 secondary schools · 1 all-through school · 1 special or alternative provision school
About schools in North Ayrshire
Most of the 59 schools listed in North Ayrshire are primary schools. Its eight secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.
Schools in North Ayrshire are inspected by Education Scotland. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in North Ayrshire
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Irvine Royal Academy Education Scotland, 5 May 2026
- Springside Primary School Education Scotland, 24 February 2026
- Whitehirst Park Primary Education Scotland, 28 October 2025
- St Bridget's Primary School Education Scotland, 28 October 2025
- Pennyburn Primary School Education Scotland, 16 September 2025
- Pirnmill Primary School Education Scotland, 16 September 2025
- St Anthony's Primary School Education Scotland, 24 June 2025
- Blacklands Primary School Education Scotland, 4 February 2025
- Fairlie Primary School Education Scotland, 19 November 2024
- Gateside Primary School Education Scotland, 28 May 2024
- Cumbrae Primary School Education Scotland, 23 April 2024
- Winton Primary School Education Scotland, 27 February 2024
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under North Ayrshire.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools12
Secondary schools1
All-through schools1
Common questions about schools in North Ayrshire
- How many schools are in North Ayrshire?
- OfferDay lists 59 schools in North Ayrshire, including 49 primary schools and eight secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in North Ayrshire?
- Schools in North Ayrshire are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- Which are the best schools in North Ayrshire?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in North Ayrshire. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the North Ayrshire council area?
- OfferDay groups the North Ayrshire schools across seven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 26 July 2026.