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Cluny Primary School, MORAY

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Cluny Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.

Attendance
94.3%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Cluny Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Cluny 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.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 314 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.3 pupils per teacher.

25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94.3% in 2024/25, and 13% 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 good (A); the school was 82% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Cluny Primary School are St Peter's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Millbank Primary School (0.5 miles), Portessie Primary School (1.2 miles) and Portgordon Primary School (1.9 miles).

St Peter's RC Primary SchoolMillbank Primary SchoolPortessie Primary SchoolPortgordon Primary School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cluny Primary School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pringle Court (at), 110 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:Moray
Phone:01542 831417
Address:South Pringle Street, Buckie, MORAY, MORAY, AB56 1PX
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

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

URN:5206324

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Pringle Court (at)
107m · 2 min walk
High School (at)
146m · 2 min walk
Cluny Place (at)
183m · 3 min walk
Queen Street (opp)
248m · 4 min walk
Ardach Medical Centre (at)
371m · 6 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Cluny Primary School

What is the catchment area for Cluny Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cluny 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Cluny Primary School?

If you live in Cluny Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Cluny Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Cluny Primary School?

Cluny Primary School is at South Pringle Street, Buckie, MORAY, MORAY, AB56 1PX.

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

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