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Lochgilphead High School

All-through · ages 3-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational582 pupilsLochgilpheadArgyll & 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 meals19%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support57%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.4Scotland 12.1
Average class size6.0Scotland 8.7
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll582Census September 2025

Lochgilphead High School is a council school in Lochgilphead for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 582 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Lochgilphead Joint Campus, Kilmory, LOCHGILPHEAD, Lochgilphead, PA31 8AA01546 602598ljc.ea.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 Lochgilphead High 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 roll582Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals19%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support57%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
74S1
63S2
68S3
75S4
62S5
44S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 64164120222023: 62662620232024: 60960920242025: 58358320252026: 5825822026
Since 2022: -59
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll582583609626641
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19.0%13.4%11.8%13.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)57.4%47.3%43.5%38.8%41.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.9%2.6%2.5%2.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.411.110.912.512.415.418.5
Average class sizeAverage class size6.06.06.020.46.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers51.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.4Scotland 12.1
Average class size6.0Scotland 8.7

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Ardrishaig Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles80HMIE, no open dataCompare
Glassary Primary SchoolCouncil3.7 miles22HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Lochgilphead High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lochgilphead High School have?

582 pupils aged 3 to 18 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
Lochgilphead Joint Campus, Kilmory, LOCHGILPHEAD, Lochgilphead, PA31 8AA
Telephone
01546 602598
Website
www.ljc.ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
All-through school, ages 3-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Argyll & Bute
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
8111030
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from