Pennyland Primary School, Thurso
Pennyland Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Thurso.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pennyland Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pennyland 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.
Pennyland Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 153 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 16.8 pupils per teacher.
47% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 23.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pennyland Primary School are Miller Academy Primary School (0.4 miles) and Mount Pleasant Primary School (0.8 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Thurso Rail Station, about 680 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (outside), 30 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 Pennyland Primary School in October 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Pennyland Primary School
When was Pennyland Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pennyland Primary School in October 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Pennyland Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pennyland 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 Pennyland Primary School?
If you live in Pennyland 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 Pennyland Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Pennyland Primary School?
Pennyland Primary School is at Trostan Road, Thurso, Thurso, KW14 7NY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)