Bishopmill Primary School, MORAY
Bishopmill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bishopmill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bishopmill 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 400 pupils, an average class size of 28.6 and 19.4 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 47% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 12.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 101% full.
Bishopmill Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "After a consultation with pupils, parents and community members we launched our new vision in August 2019. The statement FROM A LITTLE ACORN GROWS A MIGHTY OAK was voted by overwhelming majority to be our new vision statement. Our school community felt our values were still very relevant for our school."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bishopmill Primary School are Seafield Primary School (0.5 miles), West End Primary School (0.6 miles), St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.7 miles) and Linkwood Primary School (0.8 miles).
Seafield Primary SchoolWest End Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC Primary SchoolLinkwood Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Bishopmill Primary School are Elgin Academy (0.1 miles) and Elgin High School (1.3 miles).
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 Bishopmill 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
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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 Bishopmill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bishopmill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bishopmill 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bishopmill Primary School?
If you live in Bishopmill Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bishopmill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bishopmill Primary School?
Bishopmill Primary School is at Morriston Road, Elgin, MORAY, MORAY, IV30 4DY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)