Culloden Academy, INVERNESS
Culloden Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 86.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Culloden Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Culloden Academy 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.
Culloden Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1103 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
9% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 21% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.5% in 2024/25, and 44.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 83% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Culloden Academy in its own words
Coming up: an admissions event on Thursday 10 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Highland
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Culloden Academy are Millburn Academy (3.1 miles), Inverness High School (4.2 miles) and Inverness Royal Academy (4.7 miles).
Millburn AcademyInverness High SchoolInverness Royal Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Airport, about 4 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Culloden Academy side (at), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Culloden Academy are Duncan Forbes Primary School (0.4 miles), Balloch Primary (0.5 miles), Smithton Primary School (1.1 miles) and Cradlehall Primary School (1.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Highland publishes both.
Duncan Forbes Primary SchoolBalloch PrimarySmithton Primary SchoolCradlehall 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 Culloden Academy in March 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Culloden Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Culloden, Highland, Scotland. The present enrollment is 1,117 pupils.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Culloden Academy
When was Culloden Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Culloden Academy in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Culloden Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Culloden Academy 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 Culloden Academy?
If you live in Culloden Academy'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 Culloden Academy?
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 Culloden Academy?
Culloden Academy is at Keppoch Road, Culloden, INVERNESS, INVERNESS, IV2 7JZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)