Bunessan Primary School, ARGYLL
Bunessan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bunessan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bunessan 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.
Bunessan Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 12 pupils, an average class size of 12 and 10 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 59% full.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Bunessan Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Bunessan Primary School
Safety Day
24 Sep 2026
Community Garden Visit
23 Sep 2026
Welcome to our New Primary 1 Pupils
22 Sep 2026
Mull Mòd || Mòd Ionadach na Dreòlluinn
22 Sep 2026
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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 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 Bunessan Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bunessan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bunessan 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bunessan Primary School?
If you live in Bunessan Primary School'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 Bunessan 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bunessan Primary School?
Bunessan Primary School is at Bunessan, Isle Of Mull, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA67 6DL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)