Garelochhead Primary School, Garelochhead
Garelochhead Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Garelochhead.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Garelochhead Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Garelochhead 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.
Garelochhead Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 69 pupils, an average class size of 17.2 and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 24.7% 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 21% full.
Garelochhead Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Welcome to Garelochhead Primary School, where we aim to be the tree of knowledge at the heart of our village."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Garelochhead Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queens Crescent (opposite), 80 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 Garelochhead Primary School in August 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Keep up with Garelochhead Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
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 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 Garelochhead Primary School
When was Garelochhead Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Garelochhead Primary School in August 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Garelochhead Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Garelochhead 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 Garelochhead Primary School?
If you live in Garelochhead 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 Garelochhead 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 Garelochhead Primary School?
Garelochhead Primary School is at Feorlin Way, Garelochhead, Garelochhead, G84 0DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)