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Ardgour Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational19 pupilsHighland
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils getting extra support32%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher8.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size9.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll19Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Ardgour Primary School is a council school in By Fort William for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 19 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Ardgour, By Fort William, By Fort William, PH33 7AB01855 841347ardgourprimaryschool.edublogs.orgAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Ardgour Primary School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Highland council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 146 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Highland council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll19Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support32%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 242420222023: 181820232024: 181820242025: 181820252026: 19192026
Since 2022: -5
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1918181824
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)31.6%27.8%27.8%37.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio8.37.58.68.28.310.810.8
Average class sizeAverage class size9.59.09.09.012.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher8.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size9.5Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Bride's Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles36HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Ardgour Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Ardgour Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Ardgour Primary School have?

19 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Ardgour, By Fort William, By Fort William, PH33 7AB
Telephone
01855 841347
Website
ardgourprimaryschool.edublogs.org
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Highland
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
5130220
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from