Kingussie High School, Kingussie
Kingussie High School is a secondary school for pupils in Kingussie.
- Attendance
- 85.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kingussie High School in detail
School in Scotland
Kingussie 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.
Kingussie High School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 380 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
8% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 68% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 13% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 85.5% in 2024/25, and 53.5% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 58% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2021/22 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kingussie Rail Station, about 150 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (outside), 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Kingussie High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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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 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
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Questions parents ask about Kingussie High School
What is the catchment area for Kingussie High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kingussie 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 Kingussie High School?
If you live in Kingussie 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 Kingussie High 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kingussie High School?
Kingussie High School is at Ruthven Road, Kingussie, Kingussie, PH21 1ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)