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Garelochhead Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational69 pupilsArgyll & Bute
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 support30%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll69Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Garelochhead Primary School is a council school in Garelochhead for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 69 pupils.

Feorlin Way, Garelochhead, Garelochhead, G84 0DG01436 810322garelochhead.argyll-bute.sch.ukAll 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 Garelochhead Primary School.

Getting a place

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 Argyll & Bute council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll69Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic32%
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)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
9P1
13P3
17P5
9P6
10P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 12112120222023: 10710720232024: 10610620242025: 878720252026: 69692026
Since 2022: -52
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll6987106107121
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)30.4%35.6%34.0%28.0%18.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.113.014.313.715.113.015.2
Average class sizeAverage class size17.217.421.217.820.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers5.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.2Scotland 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
Rhu Primary SchoolCouncil4.9 miles163HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Garelochhead Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Garelochhead Primary School have?

69 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
Feorlin Way, Garelochhead, Garelochhead, G84 0DG
Telephone
01436 810322
Website
www.garelochhead.argyll-bute.sch.uk
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
Argyll & Bute
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
8302529
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from