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Tiree High School, Argyll

All-through
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Tiree High School is an all-through school for pupils in Argyll.

Attendance
94.8%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Tiree High School in detail

School in Scotland

Tiree High 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.

Tiree High School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 46 pupils and 4.6 pupils per teacher.

0% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

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

Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 14.6% 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 good (A); the school was 15% full.

100% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 91% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tiree High School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 360 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:01879 220790/220383
Address:Isle Of Tiree, Argyll, Argyll, PA77 6XA
Language:Gaelic medium provision
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tiree High School in December 2021.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:8110131

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

High School (at)
356m · 6 min walk

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 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 Tiree High School

When was Tiree High School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tiree High School in December 2021.

What is the catchment area for Tiree High School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tiree High 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 Tiree High School?

If you live in Tiree High 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 Tiree High School?

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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Tiree High School?

Tiree High School is at Isle Of Tiree, Argyll, Argyll, PA77 6XA.

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

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