Park Primary School, ARGYLL
Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Park Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Park 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.
Park Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 200 pupils, an average class size of 25 and 18.9 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 21.5% 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 61% full.
Park Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "In Park Primary School, we have a shared vision to ‘Reach for the Stars’. Our aims serve as a roadmap, guiding us alongside our vision and values. They lead us on the path to success and shape the kind of school experience we want for our pupils."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, dance, drama, choir, chess, coding, art and book club.
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 Park Primary School are Dunbeg Primary School (1.7 miles), Rockfield Primary School (1.8 miles), St Columba's Primary School (1.8 miles) and Rockfield Gaelic Unit (1.8 miles).
Dunbeg Primary SchoolRockfield Primary SchoolSt Columba's Primary SchoolRockfield Gaelic Unit
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Oban Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park Primary School (at), 50 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 Park Primary School in June 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Park Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- 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: 1 fatal, 0 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 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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Park Primary School
Questions parents ask about Park Primary School
When was Park Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Park Primary School in June 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Park Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Park 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 Park Primary School?
If you live in Park 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 Park 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: 1 fatal, 0 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Park Primary School?
Park Primary School is at Kerrera Terrace, Oban, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA34 5AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)