Golspie High School, GOLSPIE
Golspie High School is a secondary school for pupils in Golspie.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Golspie High School in detail
School in Scotland
Golspie 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 257 pupils and 10 pupils per teacher.
11% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 44.3% 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 42% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Golspie Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 70 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 Golspie High School in December 2021.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Golspie High School is a secondary school in Golspie, in Sutherland in the north of Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Golspie High School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Golspie High School
Questions parents ask about Golspie High School
When was Golspie High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Golspie High School in December 2021.
What is the catchment area for Golspie High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Golspie 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 Golspie High School?
If you live in Golspie 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 Golspie High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Golspie High School?
Golspie High School is at Main Street, GOLSPIE, GOLSPIE, KW10 6RF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)