Tarbert Academy, ARGYLL
Tarbert Academy is an all-through school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tarbert Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Tarbert 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.
Tarbert Academy has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 132 pupils and 7.8 pupils per teacher.
45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 39.3% 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 66% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2019/20 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.
Tarbert Academy in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, badminton, chess and art.
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tarbert Academy.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (at), 40 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 Tarbert Academy in June 2026.
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
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
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 Tarbert Academy
When was Tarbert Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tarbert Academy in June 2026.
What is the catchment area for Tarbert Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tarbert 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Tarbert Academy?
If you live in Tarbert Academy'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 Tarbert Academy?
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 Tarbert Academy?
Tarbert Academy is at School Road, Tarbert, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA29 6TE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)