Plockton High School, Ross-shire
Plockton High School is a secondary school for pupils in Ross-shire.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Plockton High School in detail
School in Scotland
Plockton 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.
Plockton High School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 224 pupils and 8.9 pupils per teacher.
5% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 38.7% 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 poor (C); the school was 41% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Plockton Rail Station, about 300 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (outside), 340 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Plockton High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Bus Stops
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Plockton High School
Questions parents ask about Plockton High School
What is the catchment area for Plockton High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Plockton High 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 Plockton High School?
If you live in Plockton High 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 Plockton High 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 Plockton High School?
Plockton High School is at Plockton, Ross-shire, Ross-shire, IV52 8TU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)