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Lochgoilhead Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational28 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 support39%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll28Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Lochgoilhead Primary School is a council school in Cairndow for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 28 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Lochgoilhead, Cairndow, ARGYLL, Cairndow, PA24 8AJ01301 703338lochgoilhead.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 Lochgoilhead 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 roll28Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support39%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
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 P5 are about the same size.
6P3
6P5
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 232320222023: 212120232024: 242420242025: 262620252026: 28282026
Since 2022: +5
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll2826242123
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)39.3%30.8%33.3%28.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.89.39.28.17.910.79.6
Average class sizeAverage class size14.013.012.010.511.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.0Scotland 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

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Lochgoilhead Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Lochgoilhead Primary School have?

28 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
Lochgoilhead, Cairndow, ARGYLL, Cairndow, PA24 8AJ
Telephone
01301 703338
Website
www.lochgoilhead.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
8106428
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from