Rothes Primary School, MORAY
Rothes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Rothes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Rothes 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.
Rothes Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 84 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
38% 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 94.3% in 2024/25, and 12.8% 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); the school was 45% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Rothes Primary School are Craigellachie Primary School (2.7 miles) and Aberlour Primary School (4.2 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Rothes Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glen Grant Distillery (at), 360 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 Rothes Primary School in September 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Securing children’s progressgood
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 Rothes Primary School
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.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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 Rothes Primary School
When was Rothes Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Rothes Primary School in September 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and securing children’s progress as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Rothes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Rothes 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Rothes Primary School?
If you live in Rothes Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Rothes Primary School?
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. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Rothes Primary School?
Rothes Primary School is at Green Street, Rothes, MORAY, MORAY, AB38 7BD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)