St Duthus School, Tain
St Duthus School is a special school for pupils in Tain.
- Attendance
- 88.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Duthus School in detail
School in Scotland
St Duthus 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 Duthus School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 26 pupils and 4.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 88.1% in 2024/25, and 37% 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 satisfactory (B).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Tain Rail Station, about 390 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duthac House (outside), 20 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 St Duthus School in December 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Duthus School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 0 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 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 St Duthus School
When was St Duthus School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Duthus School in December 2024.
What is the catchment area for St Duthus School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Duthus 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 St Duthus School?
If you live in St Duthus 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 St Duthus 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, 1 serious and 0 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Duthus School?
St Duthus School is at Academy Street, Tain, Tain, IV19 1ED.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)