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Taynuilt Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational71 pupilsArgyllArgyll & 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 support28%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll71Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Taynuilt Primary School is a council school in Argyll for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 71 pupils.

Taynuilt, Argyll, Argyll, PA35 1JE01866 822343taynuilt.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 Taynuilt 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 roll71Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support28%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic49%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
16P1
10P2
10P5
11P6
14P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 707020222023: 666620232024: 555520242025: 565620252026: 71712026
Since 2022: +1
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll7156556670
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)28.2%39.3%49.1%40.9%14.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.210.29.611.212.112.412.9
Average class sizeAverage class size17.818.713.816.517.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers5.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.8Scotland 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

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Taynuilt Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Taynuilt Primary School have?

71 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
Taynuilt, Argyll, Argyll, PA35 1JE
Telephone
01866 822343
Website
www.taynuilt.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
8109427
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from