Plockton Primary School, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
Plockton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Plockton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Plockton 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.
Plockton Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 41 pupils, an average class size of 13.7 and 9.5 pupils per teacher.
44% 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 95.8% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Plockton Primary School are Kyle Primary School (4.3 miles), Auchtertyre Primary (4.3 miles) and Kyleakin Primary School (5.4 miles).
Kyle Primary SchoolAuchtertyre PrimaryKyleakin Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Duncraig Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (outside), 70 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 Plockton Primary School in January 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Plockton Primary School
Questions parents ask about Plockton Primary School
When was Plockton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Plockton Primary School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Plockton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Plockton 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 Plockton Primary School?
If you live in Plockton 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 Plockton 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 Plockton Primary School?
Plockton Primary School is at Plockton, Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh, IV52 8TW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)