Castletown Primary School, Thurso
Castletown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Thurso.
- Attendance
- 92.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Castletown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Castletown 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.
Castletown Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 67 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 16.3 pupils per teacher.
21% 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 92.1% 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 satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 36% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Castletown Primary School are Bower Primary School (4.2 miles) and Crossroads Primary School (4.6 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Castletown Primary School.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (outside), 260 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Castletown Primary School in August 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Castletown Primary School
Parent Council update
22 Sep 2026
The latest Standards and Quality Report and the School Improvement Plan have been added to the Parent Information page.
26 Aug 2026
School Meals
25 Apr 2026
Parent Council Minutes
15 Apr 2026
Parent Council
21 Jan 2026
Parent Council
16 Jan 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 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 Castletown Primary School
When was Castletown Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Castletown Primary School in August 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Castletown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Castletown 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 Castletown Primary School?
If you live in Castletown 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 Castletown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 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 Castletown Primary School?
Castletown Primary School is at Castletown, Thurso, Thurso, KW14 8UA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)