Balloch Primary, INVERNESS
Balloch Primary is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Balloch Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Balloch Primary 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.
Balloch Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 181 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 20.8 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 9.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 65% full.
Balloch Primary in its own words
In its own words: "Balloch Primary School caters for children from their pre-school years to Primary 7. The school covers a wide geographical area encompassing Balloch, Clava, Brookfield, Sunnyside, Petty, Allanfearn and the part of Culloden incorporating Moray Park Terrace and Moray Park Avenue. Click here to view Highland School catchment areas."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Balloch Primary are Duncan Forbes Primary School (0.9 miles), Smithton Primary School (1.5 miles), Cradlehall Primary School (2.3 miles) and Raigmore Primary School (3.2 miles).
Duncan Forbes Primary SchoolSmithton Primary SchoolCradlehall Primary SchoolRaigmore Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Airport, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moray Coast Vets (outside), 50 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 Balloch Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
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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Questions parents ask about Balloch Primary
What is the catchment area for Balloch Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Balloch Primary 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 Balloch Primary?
If you live in Balloch Primary'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 Balloch Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Balloch Primary?
Balloch Primary is at Culloden Road, Balloch, INVERNESS, INVERNESS, IV2 7HQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)