Bishop Eden's Primary School, Inverness
Bishop Eden's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness. It has an Episcopalian religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bishop Eden's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bishop Eden's Primary 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 27 pupils, an average class size of 13.5 and 8.7 pupils per teacher.
52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
63% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 26.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 36% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bishop Eden's Primary School are St Joseph's RC Primary (under 0.1 miles), Central Primary School (0.2 miles), Merkinch Primary School (0.4 miles) and Dalneigh Primary School (0.6 miles).
St Joseph's RC PrimaryCentral Primary SchoolMerkinch Primary SchoolDalneigh Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 560 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Falconer Court (at), 140 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Bishop Eden's Primary School are Inverness High School (0.3 miles), Millburn Academy (0.9 miles) and Charleston Academy (1 mile).
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 Bishop Eden's Primary 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)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Bishop Eden's Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bishop Eden's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bishop Eden's Primary 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 Bishop Eden's Primary School?
If you live in Bishop Eden's Primary 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 Bishop Eden's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Bishop Eden's Primary School?
Bishop Eden's Primary School is at 73 King Street, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 5HX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)