North Bute Primary School, ISLE OF BUTE
North Bute Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Isle of Bute.
- Attendance
- 95.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
North Bute Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
North Bute 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 25 pupils, an average class size of 12.5 and 8.3 pupils per teacher.
60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.9% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 19% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to North Bute Primary School are St Andrew's Primary School (2 miles) and Toward Primary School (3.5 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of North Bute Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marine Road (at), 90 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of North Bute Primary School in April 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Social & online
Keep up with North Bute Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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
Questions parents ask about North Bute Primary School
When was North Bute Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of North Bute Primary School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for North Bute Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and North Bute 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to North Bute Primary School?
If you live in North Bute Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near North Bute Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is North Bute Primary School?
North Bute Primary School is at Port Bannatyne, Rothesay, ISLE OF BUTE, ISLE OF BUTE, PA20 0LZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)