St Columba's Primary School, OBAN
St Columba's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Oban. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Columba's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Columba's 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.
St Columba's Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 212 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 17.7 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 26.6% 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 good (A); the school was 85% full.
St Columba's Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, athletics, multi-sports, dance, choir and chess.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Columba's Primary School are Rockfield Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Rockfield Gaelic Unit (under 0.1 miles), Park Primary School (1.8 miles) and Dunbeg Primary School (3.3 miles).
Rockfield Primary SchoolRockfield Gaelic UnitPark Primary SchoolDunbeg Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Oban Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lower Soroba (at), 130 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Columba's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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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.
1 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 St Columba's Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Columba's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Columba's 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 St Columba's Primary School?
If you live in St Columba's 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 St Columba's 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. 1 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 St Columba's Primary School?
St Columba's Primary School is at Oban Primary Campus, Soroba Road, OBAN, OBAN, PA34 4SB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)