Oban High School, ARGYLL

Oban High 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.

Oban High School offers Gaelic-medium education.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 965 pupils and 13.3 pupils per teacher.

17% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 84.9% in 2024/25, and 52.2% 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 good (A); the school was 74% full.

93% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

In its own words: "Oban High School is a thriving, fully comprehensive secondary school, home to over 1,000 pupils and supported by a dedicated team of 140 staff members. Our school community is based in a state-of-the-art facility, completed in 2019, providing an exceptional environment for learning and growth."

The nearest railway station is Oban Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 140 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Oban High School are Rockfield Primary School (0.5 miles), St Columba's Primary School (0.5 miles), Rockfield Gaelic Unit (0.5 miles) and Park Primary School (1.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Argyll & Bute publishes both.