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Rockfield Gaelic Unit

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational55 pupilsObanArgyll & 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 support27%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size13.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll55Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Rockfield Gaelic Unit is a council school in Oban for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 55 pupils. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Oban Primary Campus, Soroba Road, OBAN, Oban, PA34 4SB01631 568090rockfield.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 Rockfield Gaelic Unit.

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 roll55Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support27%Additional support needs
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%
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 P7 are about the same size.
13P1
12P3
8P5
6P6
12P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 565620222023: 505020232024: 505020242025: 505020252026: 55552026
Since 2022: -1
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll5550505056
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals25.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)27.3%18.0%12.0%22.0%28.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.112.812.212.210.014.213.8
Average class sizeAverage class size13.812.516.716.718.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers4.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size13.8Scotland 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 Columba's Primary SchoolCouncil0 m212HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rockfield Primary SchoolCouncil0 m220HMIE, no open dataCompare
Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles200HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunbeg Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles74HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kilninver Primary SchoolCouncil4.7 miles3HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Rockfield Gaelic Unit a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Rockfield Gaelic Unit yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Rockfield Gaelic Unit have?

55 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
Oban Primary Campus, Soroba Road, OBAN, Oban, PA34 4SB
Telephone
01631 568090
Website
www.rockfield.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 small towns
SEED code
8109923
Medium of education
Gaelic medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from