Spean Bridge Primary School, Caol and Mallaig
Spean Bridge Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Caol and Mallaig.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Spean Bridge Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Spean Bridge 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.
Spean Bridge Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 79 pupils, an average class size of 19.8 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
33% 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 91.9% in 2024/25, and 24.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 63% full.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Spean Bridge Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 140 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 Spean Bridge Primary School in September 2024.
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
Train Stations
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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Questions parents ask about Spean Bridge Primary School
When was Spean Bridge Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Spean Bridge Primary School in September 2024.
What is the catchment area for Spean Bridge Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Spean Bridge 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 Spean Bridge Primary School?
If you live in Spean Bridge 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 Spean Bridge 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 Spean Bridge Primary School?
Spean Bridge Primary School is at Spean Bridge, Caol and Mallaig, PH34 4EU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)