Nairn Academy, Nairn

Nairn Academy 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.

Nairn Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 681 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.

12% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 1% speak English as an additional language.

5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 87.1% in 2024/25, and 39.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as bad (D) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 64% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

In its own words: "Nairn Academy staff, pupils and parents work together towards a common goal: In a positive environment, pupils are motivated, maximise potential and achieve success."

The nearest railway station is Nairn Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nairn Academy (outside), 60 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Nairn Academy are Rosebank Primary School (0.6 miles) and Millbank Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Highland publishes both.