Tain Royal Academy, Tain
Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Tain.
- Attendance
- 86.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tain Royal Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Tain Royal Academy 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.
Tain Royal Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 492 pupils and 10.3 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.5% in 2024/25, and 41.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 66% full.
89% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Tain Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Royal Academy (at), 100 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 Tain Royal Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2026.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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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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Tain Royal Academy
Questions parents ask about Tain Royal Academy
What is the catchment area for Tain Royal Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tain Royal Academy 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 Tain Royal Academy?
If you live in Tain Royal Academy'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 Tain Royal Academy?
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 Tain Royal Academy?
Tain Royal Academy is at Scotsburn Road, Tain, Tain, IV19 1PS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)