Farr Primary School - Bettyhill, By Thurso
Farr Primary School - Bettyhill is a primary school for pupils in By Thurso.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Farr Primary School - Bettyhill in detail
School in Scotland
Farr Primary School - Bettyhill 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 Primary School - Bettyhill has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 30 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 21.9% 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 60% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Farr Primary School - Bettyhill.
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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Farr Primary School - Bettyhill in January 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 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)
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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Farr Primary School - Bettyhill
Questions parents ask about Farr Primary School - Bettyhill
When was Farr Primary School - Bettyhill last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Farr Primary School - Bettyhill in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Farr Primary School - Bettyhill?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Farr Primary School - Bettyhill 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 Primary School - Bettyhill?
If you live in Farr Primary School - Bettyhill'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 Primary School - Bettyhill?
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 Primary School - Bettyhill?
Farr Primary School - Bettyhill is at Bettyhill, By Thurso, By Thurso, KW14 7SS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)