Cauldeen Primary School, Inverness
Cauldeen Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 89.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cauldeen Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cauldeen 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.
Cauldeen Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 239 pupils, an average class size of 19.9 and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
43% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.4% in 2024/25, and 33.5% 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 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cauldeen Primary School are Hilton Primary School (0.5 miles), Lochardil Primary School (0.5 miles), Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis (0.6 miles) and Drakies Primary School (1 mile).
Hilton Primary SchoolLochardil Primary SchoolBun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir NisDrakies Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cauldeen Primary School (opposite), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Cauldeen Primary School are Inverness Royal Academy (0.8 miles), Inverness High School (1.4 miles), Millburn Academy (1.5 miles) and Charleston Academy (1.7 miles).
Inverness Royal AcademyInverness High SchoolMillburn AcademyCharleston Academy
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 Cauldeen Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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 Cauldeen Primary School
What is the catchment area for Cauldeen Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cauldeen 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 Cauldeen Primary School?
If you live in Cauldeen 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 Cauldeen 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: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cauldeen Primary School?
Cauldeen Primary School is at Mackay Road, Inverness, Inverness, IV2 4HZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)