Mallaig Primary School, Caol and Mallaig
Mallaig Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Caol and Mallaig.
- Attendance
- 92.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mallaig Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mallaig 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.
Mallaig Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 52 pupils, an average class size of 13 and 10 pupils per teacher.
58% 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 92.1% in 2024/25, and 27.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 53% full.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Mallaig Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lovat Terrace (opposite), 40 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 Mallaig Primary School in May 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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 Mallaig Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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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Mallaig Primary School
Questions parents ask about Mallaig Primary School
When was Mallaig Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mallaig Primary School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Mallaig Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mallaig 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 Mallaig Primary School?
If you live in Mallaig 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 Mallaig Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Mallaig Primary School?
Mallaig Primary School is at Mallaig, Caol and Mallaig, PH41 4QX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)