Farr High School, By Thurso
Farr High School is a secondary school for pupils in By Thurso.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Farr High School in detail
School in Scotland
Farr High 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.
Farr High School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 72 pupils and 5.7 pupils per teacher.
50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 36.8% 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 31% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Farr High School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farr High School (outside), 310 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 Farr High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Farr High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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
Farr High School
Questions parents ask about Farr High School
What is the catchment area for Farr High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Farr High 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 Farr High School?
If you live in Farr High 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 Farr High 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Farr High School?
Farr High School is at Bettyhill, By Thurso, By Thurso, KW14 7SS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)