Lochardil Primary School, Inverness
Lochardil Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochardil Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochardil 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.
Lochardil Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 312 pupils, an average class size of 26 and 21.7 pupils per teacher.
10% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 11.5% 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 98% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lochardil Primary School are Holm Primary School (0.5 miles), Cauldeen Primary School (0.5 miles), Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis (0.5 miles) and Hilton Primary School (1 mile).
Holm Primary SchoolCauldeen Primary SchoolBun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir NisHilton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dornie Place (se-bound), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lochardil Primary School are Inverness Royal Academy (0.5 miles), Inverness High School (1.4 miles), Charleston Academy (1.4 miles) and Millburn Academy (1.8 miles).
Inverness Royal AcademyInverness High SchoolCharleston AcademyMillburn Academy
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 Lochardil Primary School in November 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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 Lochardil Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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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Lochardil Primary School
Questions parents ask about Lochardil Primary School
When was Lochardil Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochardil Primary School in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lochardil Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochardil 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 Lochardil Primary School?
If you live in Lochardil 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 Lochardil 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, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Lochardil Primary School?
Lochardil Primary School is at Lochardil Road, Inverness, Inverness, IV2 4LB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)