Inverness Royal Academy, Inverness

Inverness Royal Academy 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.

Inverness Royal Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 1325 pupils and 13.6 pupils per teacher.

10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.

9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 86.5% in 2024/25, and 40.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 91% full.

92% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

In its own words: "Inverness Royal Academy is a six year comprehensive school serving an extensive area in and around Inverness, Scotland. At Inverness Royal Academy we strive to bring out the best in all of our pupils. All our work is underpinned by our Core Values: Commitment, Compassion, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility ."

On phones, the school says: "To be clear, phones should be switched off at 8.40 and not switched on again until 11.20."

The nearest other state secondary schools to Inverness Royal Academy are Charleston Academy (1.9 miles), Inverness High School (1.9 miles), Millburn Academy (2.3 miles) and Culloden Academy (4.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Inverness Royal Academy (outside), 220 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Inverness Royal Academy are Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis (0.3 miles), Lochardil Primary School (0.5 miles), Holm Primary School (0.6 miles) and Cauldeen Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Highland publishes both.