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Brora Primary School, SUTHERLAND

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Brora Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Sutherland.

Attendance
93.2%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Brora Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Brora 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.

Brora Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 92 pupils, an average class size of 18.4 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.

49% 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 26.3% 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 42% full.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Brora Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fountain Square (opposite), 240 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Highland
Phone:01408 621441
Address:Johnstone Place, Brora, SUTHERLAND, SUTHERLAND, KW9 6PF
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Brora Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5110726

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Brora Rail Station (Entrance)
455m · 7 min walk

Bus Stops

Fountain Square (opp)
235m · 4 min walk
Hunters of Brora (NE-bound)
356m · 6 min walk
Station Square (opp)
419m · 7 min walk
Station (at)
486m · 8 min walk
Day Care Centre (at)
717m · 12 min walk

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.

Commute and house prices

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Questions parents ask about Brora Primary School

What is the catchment area for Brora Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Brora 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 Brora Primary School?

If you live in Brora 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 Brora Primary 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 Brora Primary School?

Brora Primary School is at Johnstone Place, Brora, SUTHERLAND, SUTHERLAND, KW9 6PF.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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