Cawdor Primary School, Nairn
Cawdor Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Nairn.
- Attendance
- 94.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cawdor Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cawdor 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.
Cawdor Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 125 pupils, an average class size of 20.8 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.9% in 2024/25, and 9.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cawdor Primary School are Croy Primary School (2.7 miles), Ardersier Primary School (4.2 miles), Millbank Primary School (4.3 miles) and Rosebank Primary School (4.3 miles).
Croy Primary SchoolArdersier Primary SchoolMillbank Primary SchoolRosebank Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cawdor Primary School.
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 Cawdor Primary School in September 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
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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 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 Cawdor Primary School
When was Cawdor Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Cawdor Primary School in September 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Cawdor Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cawdor 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 Cawdor Primary School?
If you live in Cawdor 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 Cawdor 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 Cawdor Primary School?
Cawdor Primary School is at Cawdor, Nairn, Nairn, IV12 5XZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)