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Salen Primary Gaelic Unit

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational30 pupilsIsle Of MullArgyll & 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 support50%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher9.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size10.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll30Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Salen Primary Gaelic Unit is a council school in Isle Of Mull for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 30 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Salen, Aros, ISLE OF MULL, Isle Of Mull, PA72 6JL01680 300348salen.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 Salen Primary 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 roll30Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support50%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%
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 P5 are about the same size.
6P1
6P2
6P5
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 424220222023: 313120232024: 323220242025: 333320252026: 30302026
Since 2022: -12
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll3033323142
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)50.0%45.5%50.0%58.1%52.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio9.410.010.09.79.310.011.8
Average class sizeAverage class size10.011.010.710.321.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher9.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size10.0Scotland 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
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Salen Primary SchoolCouncil0 m22HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Salen Primary Gaelic Unit a good school?

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

How many pupils does Salen Primary Gaelic Unit have?

30 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
Salen, Aros, ISLE OF MULL, Isle Of Mull, PA72 6JL
Telephone
01680 300348
Website
www.salen.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
8110026
Medium of education
Gaelic medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from