Lochinver Primary School, By Lairg
Lochinver Primary School is a primary school for pupils in By Lairg.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochinver Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochinver 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.
Lochinver Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 30 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 11.1 pupils per teacher.
43% 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, and 16.1% 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 40% full.
Lochinver Primary School in its own words
Coming up: an open day on Thursday 3 June 2027 and an open day on Saturday 3 July 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Highland
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 Lochinver Primary School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Culag Bridge (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 Lochinver Primary School in December 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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 Lochinver Primary School
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 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 Lochinver Primary School
When was Lochinver Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochinver Primary School in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lochinver Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochinver 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 Lochinver Primary School?
If you live in Lochinver 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 Lochinver 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lochinver Primary School?
Lochinver Primary School is at Lochinver, By Lairg, By Lairg, IV27 4LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)