Muirtown Primary School, Inverness
Muirtown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Muirtown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Muirtown 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.
Muirtown Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 171 pupils, an average class size of 24.4 and 18.8 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
13% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 18% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 14.6% 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 80% full.
Muirtown Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "School begins: 9.00 am for Primary 1-7 School finishes: 3.00 pm for Primary 1-7 Morning Break: 10.30- 10.45 am Lunch Break: 12.00 - 1.15 pm for P."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball and badminton.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Muirtown Primary School are Merkinch Primary School (0.5 miles), Dalneigh Primary School (0.5 miles), Kinmylies Primary School (0.7 miles) and Bishop Eden's Primary School (0.7 miles).
Merkinch Primary SchoolDalneigh Primary SchoolKinmylies Primary SchoolBishop Eden's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Charleston Place (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Muirtown Primary School are Inverness High School (0.7 miles), Charleston Academy (0.8 miles) and Millburn Academy (1.5 miles).
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 Muirtown Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Muirtown Primary School
What is the catchment area for Muirtown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Muirtown 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 Muirtown Primary School?
If you live in Muirtown 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 Muirtown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Muirtown Primary School?
Muirtown Primary School is at King Brude Road, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 8LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)