Dingwall Primary School, Dingwall
Dingwall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dingwall.
- Attendance
- 92.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dingwall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dingwall 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.
Dingwall Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 404 pupils, an average class size of 23.8 and 17 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.6% in 2024/25, and 25% 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 poor (C); the school was 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dingwall Primary School are Ben Wyvis Primary School (2.8 miles), Culbokie Primary School (3.7 miles), Ferintosh Primary School (3.7 miles) and Strathpeffer Primary School (4.3 miles).
Ben Wyvis Primary SchoolCulbokie Primary SchoolFerintosh Primary SchoolStrathpeffer Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dingwall Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tulloch Co-Op (outside), 160 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dingwall Primary School in August 2023.
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
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 Dingwall Primary School
When was Dingwall Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dingwall Primary School in August 2023. 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 Dingwall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dingwall 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 Dingwall Primary School?
If you live in Dingwall 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 Dingwall 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 Dingwall Primary School?
Dingwall Primary School is at Ross Avenue, Dingwall, Dingwall, IV15 9UU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)