Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit, ARGYLL
Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 96.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit in detail
School in Scotland
Sandbank Primary 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.
Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 34 pupils, an average class size of 17 and 12.6 pupils per teacher.
Attendance was 96.3% in 2024/25.
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 Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit are Sandbank Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Kirn Primary School (1.1 miles), St Mun's Primary School (1.3 miles) and Dunoon Primary School (1.7 miles).
Sandbank Primary SchoolKirn Primary SchoolSt Mun's Primary SchoolDunoon Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit.
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 Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit
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 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 Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit
What is the catchment area for Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sandbank Primary 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 Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit?
If you live in Sandbank Primary 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 Sandbank Primary 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. 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit?
Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit is at Sandbank, By Dunoon, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA23 8PW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)