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St Mun's Primary School, ARGYLL

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Roman Catholic

St Mun's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.

Attendance
83.7%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

St Mun's Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

St Mun'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.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 10 pupils, an average class size of 10 and 4.5 pupils per teacher.

70% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

70% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 83.7% in 2024/25, and 50% 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 7% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Mun's Primary School are Kirn Primary School (0.4 miles), Dunoon Primary School (0.4 miles), Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit (1.3 miles) and Sandbank Primary School (1.3 miles).

Kirn Primary SchoolDunoon Primary SchoolSandbank Primary Gaelic UnitSandbank Primary School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Mun's Primary School.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Muns Primary School (at), 90 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Argyll & Bute
Phone:01369 703643
Address:Pilot Street, Dunoon, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA23 8DB
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Mun's Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8102929

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

St Muns Primary School (at)
86m · 1 min walk
Co-op (at)
128m · 2 min walk
Library (opp)
171m · 3 min walk
Police Station (opp)
205m · 3 min walk
Morrisons Supermarket (at)
248m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
6
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Children hurt
2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 3 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Mun's Primary School

What is the catchment area for St Mun's Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mun'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 Mun's Primary School?

If you live in St Mun'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 Mun's Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 St Mun's Primary School?

St Mun's Primary School is at Pilot Street, Dunoon, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA23 8DB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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