Ardnamurchan High School, ACHARCLE
Ardnamurchan High School is a secondary school for pupils in Acharcle.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ardnamurchan High School in detail
School in Scotland
Ardnamurchan High School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Ardnamurchan High School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 118 pupils and 7.3 pupils per teacher.
38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 31.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 39% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ardnamurchan High School.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ardnamurchan High School (outside), 280 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Ardnamurchan High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Ardnamurchan High School
Questions parents ask about Ardnamurchan High School
What is the catchment area for Ardnamurchan High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ardnamurchan High School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Highland. Highland publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ardnamurchan High School?
If you live in Ardnamurchan High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Highland will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Highland - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Ardnamurchan High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ardnamurchan High School?
Ardnamurchan High School is at Drimnatorran, Strontian, ACHARCLE, ACHARCLE, PH36 4JA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)