Kinmylies Primary School, Inverness
Kinmylies Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kinmylies Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kinmylies 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.
Kinmylies Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 289 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 19.1 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 16% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
42% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 30.7% 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 poor (C); the school was 104% full.
Kinmylies Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Kinmylies Primary School provides its pupils with a happy, stimulating atmosphere in which they with parents, carers and staff work together in a courteous, caring environment. We foster good home/school partnerships and community/school relations for the benefit of all the pupils. We have an active Parent Council and several pupil committees who help shape their school and make decisions."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kinmylies Primary School are Dalneigh Primary School (0.3 miles), Muirtown Primary School (0.7 miles), Central Primary School (0.9 miles) and Bishop Eden's Primary School (0.9 miles).
Dalneigh Primary SchoolMuirtown Primary SchoolCentral Primary SchoolBishop Eden's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Charleston Shopping Centre (opposite), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Kinmylies Primary School are Charleston Academy (0.2 miles), Inverness High School (0.7 miles) and Millburn Academy (1.8 miles).
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 Kinmylies Primary School in November 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kinmylies Primary School
Questions parents ask about Kinmylies Primary School
When was Kinmylies Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kinmylies Primary School in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kinmylies Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kinmylies 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 Kinmylies Primary School?
If you live in Kinmylies 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 Kinmylies 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, 2 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Kinmylies Primary School?
Kinmylies Primary School is at Assynt Road, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 8PB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)