Millbank Primary School, Nairn
Millbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Nairn.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Millbank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Millbank 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.
Millbank Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 236 pupils, an average class size of 19.7 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 19.9% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Millbank Primary School are Rosebank Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Auldearn Primary School (2.4 miles) and Cawdor Primary School (4.3 miles).
Rosebank Primary SchoolAuldearn Primary SchoolCawdor Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Nairn Rail Station, about 220 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bus Station (at), 330 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 Millbank Primary School in September 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Millbank Primary School
Questions parents ask about Millbank Primary School
When was Millbank Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Millbank Primary School in September 2023.
What is the catchment area for Millbank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Millbank 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 Millbank Primary School?
If you live in Millbank 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 Millbank Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 5 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 Millbank Primary School?
Millbank Primary School is at Millbank Crescent, Nairn, Nairn, IV12 4QB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)