Golspie Primary School, Sutherland
Golspie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Sutherland.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Golspie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Golspie 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.
Golspie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 89 pupils, an average class size of 22.2 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
42% 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 90.7% in 2024/25, and 32.6% 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 59% full.
Golspie Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Golspie Primary School serves the village of Golspie on the east coast of Sutherland. The main aim of the school is to create an ethos in which hard work is valued and encouraged and self-discipline and respect for others is evident in day to day activities."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Golspie Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 100 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 Golspie Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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.
Commute and house prices
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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Golspie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Golspie Primary School
What is the catchment area for Golspie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Golspie 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 Golspie Primary School?
If you live in Golspie 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 Golspie Primary 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 Primary School?
Golspie Primary School is at Golspie, Sutherland, Sutherland, KW10 6RW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)