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Dervaig Primary School, ARGYLL

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Dervaig Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.

Attendance
86.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Dervaig Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Dervaig 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.

Dervaig Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 8 pupils, an average class size of 8 and 5 pupils per teacher.

0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals.

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

Attendance was 86.5% in 2024/25, and 57.1% 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 14% full.

Getting there

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

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:Argyll & Bute
Phone:01688 400227
Address:Dervaig, Isle Of Mull, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA75 6QW
Language:Gaelic medium provision
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dervaig Primary School in November 2024.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:8102422

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Village Hall (opp)
508m · 8 min walk

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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Dervaig Primary School

When was Dervaig Primary School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dervaig Primary School in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Dervaig Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dervaig 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Dervaig Primary School?

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

How many road collisions happen near Dervaig 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Dervaig Primary School?

Dervaig Primary School is at Dervaig, Isle Of Mull, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA75 6QW.

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

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