Croy Primary School, Inverness
Croy Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 94.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Croy Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Croy 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.
Croy Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 124 pupils, an average class size of 20.7 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.5% in 2024/25, and 16% 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 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Croy Primary School are Cawdor Primary School (2.7 miles), Ardersier Primary School (3.2 miles) and Balloch Primary (4.4 miles).
Cawdor Primary SchoolArdersier Primary SchoolBalloch Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Airport, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shop (before), 30 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Croy Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Croy Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- 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: none fatal, 0 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 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 Croy Primary School
What is the catchment area for Croy Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Croy 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 Croy Primary School?
If you live in Croy 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 Croy 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, 0 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Croy Primary School?
Croy Primary School is at Croy, Inverness, Inverness, IV2 5PG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)