Kirkhill Primary School, INVERNESS-SHIRE
Kirkhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness-Shire.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkhill 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.
Kirkhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 129 pupils, an average class size of 21.5 and 17.7 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 31% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 20% 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 86% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kirkhill Primary School are Beauly Primary School (1.9 miles), Tarradale Primary School (3.1 miles), Tomnacross Primary School (3.7 miles) and Mulbuie Primary School (4.2 miles).
Beauly Primary SchoolTarradale Primary SchoolTomnacross Primary SchoolMulbuie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Beauly Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Groam Crescent (at), 70 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 Kirkhill Primary School in April 2025.
- 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 Kirkhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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.
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Questions parents ask about Kirkhill Primary School
When was Kirkhill Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkhill Primary School in April 2025. 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
If you live in Kirkhill 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 Kirkhill 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, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Kirkhill Primary School?
Kirkhill Primary School is at St Mary's Road, Kirkhill, INVERNESS-SHIRE, INVERNESS-SHIRE, IV5 7NX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)