Portree Primary, Portree
Portree Primary is a primary school for pupils in Portree.
- Attendance
- 89.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Portree Primary in detail
School in Scotland
Portree Primary 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 Primary offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 128 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 14.9 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 89.9% in 2024/25, and 35.6% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Portree Primary are Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh (0.6 miles) and Macdiarmid Primary School (4.1 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Portree Primary.
6 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 Portree Primary in January 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Keep up with Portree Primary
Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Portree Primary
Questions parents ask about Portree Primary
When was Portree Primary last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Portree Primary in January 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; 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 Portree Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Portree Primary 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 Primary?
If you live in Portree Primary'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 Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Portree Primary?
Portree Primary is at Blaven Road, Portree, Portree, IV51 9PH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)