Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit, ARGYLL
Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit in detail
School in Scotland
Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit 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.
Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 29 pupils, an average class size of 14.5 and 10 pupils per teacher.
41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% 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 23.1% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit are Bowmore Primary School (under 0.1 miles) and Port Charlotte Primary School (3.7 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (at), 110 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 Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit
What is the catchment area for Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit?
If you live in Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit?
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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit?
Bowmore Primary Gaelic Unit is at Bowmore, Isle of Islay, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA43 7JX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)