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Keills Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational18 pupilsIsle of IslayArgyll & 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 registered for free school meals0%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils per teacher6.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size9.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll18Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Keills Primary School is a council school in Isle Of Islay for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 18 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Port Askaig, Isle Of Islay, ARGYLL, Isle Of Islay, PA46 7RF01496 840657keills.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 Keills 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 roll18Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals0%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic100%
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)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P6, so the roll is likely to fall.
5P4
7P6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 343420222023: 373720232024: 313120242025: 252520252026: 18182026
Since 2022: -16
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1825313734
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)20.0%16.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio6.98.911.115.411.710.310.0
Average class sizeAverage class size9.012.515.518.517.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher6.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size9.0Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

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

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No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Keills Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Keills Primary School have?

18 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
Port Askaig, Isle Of Islay, ARGYLL, Isle Of Islay, PA46 7RF
Telephone
01496 840657
Website
www.keills.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
Remote rural areas
SEED code
8104220
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from