Mortlach Primary School, MORAY
Mortlach Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mortlach Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Mortlach 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.
Mortlach Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 132 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 15.7 pupils per teacher.
63% 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 93.9% in 2024/25, and 13.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 75% full.
Mortlach Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:30am.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mortlach Primary School are Craigellachie Primary School (3.6 miles), Aberlour Primary School (3.9 miles) and Botriphnie Primary School (4.4 miles).
Craigellachie Primary SchoolAberlour Primary SchoolBotriphnie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Dufftown (Keith and Dufftown Railway), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hill Street (at), 120 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 Mortlach Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Mortlach Primary School
Getting There
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 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.
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Questions parents ask about Mortlach Primary School
What is the catchment area for Mortlach Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mortlach 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 Mortlach Primary School?
If you live in Mortlach 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 Mortlach 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mortlach Primary School?
Mortlach Primary School is at York Street, Dufftown Keith, MORAY, MORAY, AB55 4AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)