Thrumster Primary School, Wick
Thrumster Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Wick.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Thrumster Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Thrumster 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.
Thrumster Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 24 pupils, an average class size of 12 and 10.4 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95% in 2024/25, and 14.7% 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 48% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Thrumster Primary School are Newton Park Primary (3.4 miles) and Noss primary school (4.3 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Thrumster Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Box (at), 260 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 Thrumster Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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.
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 Thrumster Primary School
What is the catchment area for Thrumster Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Thrumster 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 Highland. Highland publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Thrumster Primary School?
If you live in Thrumster Primary 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 Thrumster 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. 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 Thrumster Primary School?
Thrumster Primary School is at Thrumster, Wick, Wick, KW1 5TR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)