Hopeman Primary School, MORAY
Hopeman Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hopeman Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Hopeman 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.
Hopeman Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 151 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 15.1 pupils per teacher.
34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 13.5% 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 good (A); the school was 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hopeman Primary School are Burghead Primary School (2.1 miles), Alves Primary School (4.7 miles), Bishopmill Primary School (5.4 miles) and West End Primary School (5.9 miles).
Burghead Primary SchoolAlves Primary SchoolBishopmill Primary SchoolWest End Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Hopeman Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bakers Lane (opposite), 340 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 Hopeman Primary School in October 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Hopeman Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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 Hopeman Primary School
When was Hopeman Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Hopeman Primary School in October 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Hopeman Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hopeman 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Hopeman Primary School?
If you live in Hopeman Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Hopeman Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hopeman Primary School?
Hopeman Primary School is at School Road, Hopeman, MORAY, MORAY, IV30 5TQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)