What did Education Scotland judge Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator to be?

Education Scotland judged Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in April 2019, on Education Scotland's own scale.

How many pupils attend Fisherton Primary School?

Fisherton Primary School has 24 pupils on roll.

Where is Fisherton Primary School located?

Fisherton Primary School is located in AYR, KA7 4LQ, South Ayrshire.

How do I apply to Fisherton Primary School?

In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Fisherton Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to South Ayrshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.

How are P1 places decided at Fisherton Primary School?

When Fisherton Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the school's delineated area — Children will usually go to the school in their catchment area; the parent or carer's address decides the child's catchment school, but living in the catchment area does not guarantee a place. Where there are more placing requests for a school than there are spaces available the criteria are used in the first instance to allocate places to children or young people who live within the school's delineated area, after which the same criteria allocate places to those who live outwith it. Tie-break: In relation to criteria 1 to 4, if there are more applications being considered than there are places available as each stage of priority criteria is being applied, a ballot will be held to determine the successful applications. When a ballot is required it is carried out by officers within South Ayrshire Council's People Directorate and independently verified.

What is the largest ethnic background at Fisherton Primary School?

According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 95.8% of pupils at Fisherton Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Fisherton Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (P1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Resident in the school's delineated area — Children will usually go to the school in their catchment area; the parent or carer's address decides the child's catchment school, but living in the catchment area does not guarantee a place. Where there are more placing requests for a school than there are spaces available the criteria are used in the first instance to allocate places to children or young people who live within the school's delineated area, after which the same criteria allocate places to those who live outwith it.

If two applications tie: In relation to criteria 1 to 4, if there are more applications being considered than there are places available as each stage of priority criteria is being applied, a ballot will be held to determine the successful applications. When a ballot is required it is carried out by officers within South Ayrshire Council's People Directorate and independently verified.

The same criteria apply to placing requests at the start of Primary 1 and at the start of S1.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Fisherton Primary School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in April 2019, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Fisherton Primary School?: Fisherton Primary School has 24 pupils on roll.
Where is Fisherton Primary School located?: Fisherton Primary School is located in AYR, KA7 4LQ, South Ayrshire.
How do I apply to Fisherton Primary School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Fisherton Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to South Ayrshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are P1 places decided at Fisherton Primary School?: When Fisherton Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the school's delineated area — Children will usually go to the school in their catchment area; the parent or carer's address decides the child's catchment school, but living in the catchment area does not guarantee a place. Where there are more placing requests for a school than there are spaces available the criteria are used in the first instance to allocate places to children or young people who live within the school's delineated area, after which the same criteria allocate places to those who live outwith it. Tie-break: In relation to criteria 1 to 4, if there are more applications being considered than there are places available as each stage of priority criteria is being applied, a ballot will be held to determine the successful applications. When a ballot is required it is carried out by officers within South Ayrshire Council's People Directorate and independently verified.
What is the largest ethnic background at Fisherton Primary School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 95.8% of pupils at Fisherton Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Fisherton Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (P1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Resident in the school's delineated area — Children will usually go to the school in their catchment area; the parent or carer's address decides the child's catchment school, but living in the catchment area does not guarantee a place. Where there are more placing requests for a school than there are spaces available the criteria are used in the first instance to allocate places to children or young people who live within the school's delineated area, after which the same criteria allocate places to those who live outwith it.

The same criteria apply to placing requests at the start of Primary 1 and at the start of S1.

Fisherton Primary School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Fisherton Primary School's quality indicator as Very good (5 of 6) at its inspection in April 2019, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Fisherton Primary School?: Fisherton Primary School has 24 pupils on roll.
Where is Fisherton Primary School located?: Fisherton Primary School is located in AYR, KA7 4LQ, South Ayrshire.
How do I apply to Fisherton Primary School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Fisherton Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to South Ayrshire Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are P1 places decided at Fisherton Primary School?: When Fisherton Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the school's delineated area — Children will usually go to the school in their catchment area; the parent or carer's address decides the child's catchment school, but living in the catchment area does not guarantee a place. Where there are more placing requests for a school than there are spaces available the criteria are used in the first instance to allocate places to children or young people who live within the school's delineated area, after which the same criteria allocate places to those who live outwith it. Tie-break: In relation to criteria 1 to 4, if there are more applications being considered than there are places available as each stage of priority criteria is being applied, a ballot will be held to determine the successful applications. When a ballot is required it is carried out by officers within South Ayrshire Council's People Directorate and independently verified.
What is the largest ethnic background at Fisherton Primary School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 95.8% of pupils at Fisherton Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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