Smithton Primary School, Inverness
Smithton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Inverness.
- Attendance
- 91.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Smithton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Smithton 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.
Smithton Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 362 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 20.6 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 25.6% 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 82% full.
Smithton Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Learning councils are a way of children and young people having a greater say over matters that affect their school and wider lives. Our learning council gives students the chance to tell teachers and staff their ideas and represents each class in school."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Smithton Primary School are Cradlehall Primary School (0.8 miles), Duncan Forbes Primary School (0.8 miles), Balloch Primary (1.5 miles) and Raigmore Primary School (1.8 miles).
Cradlehall Primary SchoolDuncan Forbes Primary SchoolBalloch PrimaryRaigmore Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shop (outside), 120 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 Smithton Primary School in December 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentweak
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementweak
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
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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 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.
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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about Smithton Primary School
When was Smithton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Smithton Primary School in December 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as weak; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as weak, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Smithton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Smithton 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 Highland. Highland publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Smithton Primary School?
If you live in Smithton Primary School'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 Smithton 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Smithton Primary School?
Smithton Primary School is at Smithton, Inverness, Inverness, IV2 7PD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)