Dalneigh Primary School, Inverness
Dalneigh Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dalneigh Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dalneigh 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.
Dalneigh Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 231 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 16.2 pupils per teacher.
61% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
54% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 34.4% 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 Dalneigh Primary School are Kinmylies Primary School (0.3 miles), Muirtown Primary School (0.5 miles), Central Primary School (0.6 miles) and Bishop Eden's Primary School (0.6 miles).
Kinmylies Primary SchoolMuirtown Primary SchoolCentral Primary SchoolBishop Eden's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hawthorn Drive (before), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Dalneigh Primary School are Inverness High School (0.4 miles), Charleston Academy (0.4 miles) and Millburn Academy (1.5 miles).
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 Dalneigh 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.
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 Dalneigh Primary School
What is the catchment area for Dalneigh Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dalneigh 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 Dalneigh Primary School?
If you live in Dalneigh 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 Dalneigh 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. 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 Dalneigh Primary School?
Dalneigh Primary School is at St Ninian Drive, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 5AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)