Rockfield Gaelic Unit, OBAN
Rockfield Gaelic Unit is a primary school for pupils in Oban.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Rockfield Gaelic Unit in detail
School in Scotland
Rockfield Gaelic Unit 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.
Rockfield Gaelic Unit has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 55 pupils, an average class size of 13.8 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
27% 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 93.9% in 2024/25, and 16% 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 good (A).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Rockfield Gaelic Unit are Rockfield Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Columba's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Park Primary School (1.8 miles) and Dunbeg Primary School (3.3 miles).
Rockfield Primary SchoolSt Columba's Primary SchoolPark Primary SchoolDunbeg Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Oban Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lower Soroba (at), 130 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 Rockfield Gaelic Unit's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Rockfield Gaelic Unit
What is the catchment area for Rockfield Gaelic Unit?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Rockfield Gaelic Unit 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Rockfield Gaelic Unit?
If you live in Rockfield Gaelic Unit's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Rockfield Gaelic Unit?
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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Rockfield Gaelic Unit?
Rockfield Gaelic Unit is at Oban Primary Campus, Soroba Road, OBAN, OBAN, PA34 4SB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)