Salen Primary School, ISLE OF MULL
Salen Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Isle of Mull.
- Attendance
- 90.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Salen Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Salen 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.
Salen Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 22 pupils, an average class size of 11 and 10 pupils per teacher.
50% 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 90.8% in 2024/25, and 23.3% 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 43% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Salen Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (at), 370 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 Salen Primary School in August 2026.
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
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 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 Salen Primary School
When was Salen Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Salen Primary School in August 2026.
What is the catchment area for Salen Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Salen 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Salen Primary School?
If you live in Salen Primary School'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 Salen 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Salen Primary School?
Salen Primary School is at Salen, Aros, ISLE OF MULL, ISLE OF MULL, PA72 6JL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)