Lochgilphead High School, LOCHGILPHEAD
Lochgilphead High School is an all-through school for pupils in Lochgilphead.
- Attendance
- 86%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochgilphead High School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochgilphead 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.
Lochgilphead High School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 386 pupils and 10.5 pupils per teacher.
14% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86% in 2024/25, and 43.4% 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 good (A); the school was 67% full.
88% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Lochgilphead High School in its own words
In its own words: "As part of our improvement plan for 2023-24 we worked with parents/carers, pupils, staff and partners to define our school vision, values and aims. views of parents/carers and partners with post-it posters at a number of different events, including: parents’ evening, partner’s appreciation lunch and a community coffee morning Thank you for all of your valuable input!"
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, badminton, chess, gardening and art.
Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 10 December 2026 at 6.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Argyll & Bute
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Lochgilphead High School.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Joint Campus (at), 50 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 Lochgilphead High School in November 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Lochgilphead High School in Lochgilphead, Argyll is a secondary school servicing around 500-700 students. A new campus has been built in 2007 incorporating Lochgilphead High School, Lochgilphead Primary School and the White Gates Learning Centre.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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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 Lochgilphead High School
When was Lochgilphead High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochgilphead High School in November 2025.
What is the catchment area for Lochgilphead High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochgilphead 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lochgilphead High School?
If you live in Lochgilphead High 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 Lochgilphead 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lochgilphead High School?
Lochgilphead High School is at Lochgilphead Joint Campus, Kilmory, LOCHGILPHEAD, LOCHGILPHEAD, PA31 8AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)