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Kinlochbervie High School, Kinlochbervie

Secondary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Kinlochbervie High School is a secondary school for pupils in Kinlochbervie.

Attendance
84.8%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Kinlochbervie High School in detail

School in Scotland

Kinlochbervie 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 28 pupils and 3 pupils per teacher.

57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

Attendance was 84.8% in 2024/25, and 52.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 15% full.

100% of pupils who left in 2022/23 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 93% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kinlochbervie High School.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (outside), 40 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Highland
Phone:01971 521767
Address:Manse Road, Kinlochbervie, Kinlochbervie, IV27 4RG
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kinlochbervie High School in May 2026.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5153239

About

Kinlochbervie High School is a secondary school in Kinlochbervie, in the county of Sutherland in the northwest of Scotland.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

High School (o/s)
43m · 1 min walk
Manse Road (at)
258m · 4 min walk
Burnside (opp)
454m · 7 min walk
Ceilidh House (o/s)
645m · 10 min walk

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

Questions parents ask about Kinlochbervie High School

When was Kinlochbervie High School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kinlochbervie High School in May 2026.

What is the catchment area for Kinlochbervie High School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kinlochbervie 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 Kinlochbervie High School?

If you live in Kinlochbervie 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 Kinlochbervie 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 Kinlochbervie High School?

Kinlochbervie High School is at Manse Road, Kinlochbervie, Kinlochbervie, IV27 4RG.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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