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Millbank Primary School, MORAY

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Millbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.

Attendance
92.7%
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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 has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 218 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 12.7 pupils per teacher.

41% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% 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 92.7% in 2024/25, and 25.4% 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 56% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Millbank Primary School are Cluny Primary School (0.5 miles), St Peter's RC Primary School (0.7 miles), Portessie Primary School (1.1 miles) and Portgordon Primary School (2.2 miles).

Cluny Primary SchoolSt Peter's RC Primary SchoolPortessie Primary SchoolPortgordon Primary School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Millbank Primary School.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burnbank (opposite), 120 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Moray
Phone:01542 831113
Address:McWilliam Crescent, Buckie, MORAY, MORAY, AB56 1LU
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Millbank Primary School in May 2023.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5206421

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Burnbank (opp)
121m · 2 min walk
Shearer Avenue (at)
197m · 3 min walk
Brodie Avenue (opp)
210m · 3 min walk
Parklands Nursing Home (at)
216m · 4 min walk
Spey Drive (opp)
276m · 4 min walk

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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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.

Commute and house prices

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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

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 May 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 Moray. Moray 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 Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Millbank 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Millbank Primary School?

Millbank Primary School is at McWilliam Crescent, Buckie, MORAY, MORAY, AB56 1LU.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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