Lochdonhead Primary School, ARGYLL
Lochdonhead Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochdonhead Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochdonhead 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.
Lochdonhead Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 24 pupils, an average class size of 12 and 8.6 pupils per teacher.
38% 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 94% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 48% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Lochdonhead Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Road End (opposite), 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochdonhead Primary School in March 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentexcellent
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Latest from Lochdonhead Primary School
Tobermory Mod 2026
24 Sep 2026
Tobermory Flower Show
24 Aug 2026
Farm to Fork
19 Jun 2026
Scottish Opera Art Workshop
9 Jun 2026
Tag Rugby 2026
1 Jun 2026
Nature Trail Community Cafe
8 May 2026
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Getting There
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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Lochdonhead Primary School
When was Lochdonhead Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochdonhead Primary School in March 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as excellent; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lochdonhead Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochdonhead 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lochdonhead Primary School?
If you live in Lochdonhead Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Lochdonhead Primary 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lochdonhead Primary School?
Lochdonhead Primary School is at Lochdonhead, Isle Of Mull, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA64 6AP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)