Milton Primary School, Invergordon
Milton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Invergordon.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Milton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Milton 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.
Milton Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 56 pupils, an average class size of 18.7 and 13 pupils per teacher.
43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
79% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 26.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 45% full.
Milton Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "I would like to offer you a warm welcome to Milton Primary School. The team at Milton feel that the bright, warm, happy ethos which exists provides an excellent learning environment for all children. We strongly believe that children should experience success every single day; they should come to school ready to learn and leave with a sense of satisfaction."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include badminton, cross-country and gardening.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Milton Primary School are Cromarty Primary School (4.4 miles), Craighill Primary School (4.7 miles), Tain Primary School (4.8 miles) and Knockbreck Primary School - Tain (4.8 miles).
Cromarty Primary SchoolCraighill Primary SchoolTain Primary SchoolKnockbreck Primary School - Tain
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Milton Primary School.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shop (opposite), 110 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Milton Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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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Questions parents ask about Milton Primary School
What is the catchment area for Milton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Milton 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 Milton Primary School?
If you live in Milton 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 Milton Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Milton Primary School?
Milton Primary School is at Kildary, Invergordon, Invergordon, IV18 0PX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)