Portree High School, ISLE OF SKYE
Portree High School is a secondary school for pupils in Isle of Skye.
- Attendance
- 86.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Portree High School in detail
School in Scotland
Portree 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.
Portree High School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 489 pupils and 10.4 pupils per teacher.
5% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.4% in 2024/25, and 44.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 51% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Portree High School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (outside), 140 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Portree High School are Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh (0.3 miles) and Portree Primary (0.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Highland publishes both.
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 Portree High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Portree High School is a state co-educational comprehensive school in Portree, Isle of Skye in Scotland. As of 2025 the school enrols 503 pupils and employs 43 teaching members of staff.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Portree High School
Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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 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.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Portree High School
Questions parents ask about Portree High School
What is the catchment area for Portree High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Portree 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 Portree High School?
If you live in Portree 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 Portree High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Portree High School?
Portree High School is at Viewfield Road, Portree, ISLE OF SKYE, ISLE OF SKYE, IV51 9ET.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)