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Ullapool High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational169 pupilsUllapoolHighland
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 support52%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll169Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Ullapool High School is a council school in Ullapool for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 169 pupils. About 3 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Mill Street, Ullapool, Ullapool, IV26 2UN01854 612078ullapoolhigh.highland.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 Ullapool High School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Highland council has drawn an official catchment area for this school (secondary Gaelic-medium, secondary non-denominational). You can see it on the map below; it covers about 2,052 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

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 Highland council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll169Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support52%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English7%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic31%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 17%
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 S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
25S1
35S2
30S3
30S4
27S5
22S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 19619620222023: 18418420232024: 17317320242025: 17217220252026: 1691692026
Since 2022: -27
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll169172173184196
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals4.7%5.2%3.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)52.1%52.9%51.4%48.4%46.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7.1%4.1%2.9%2.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio7.97.97.78.18.58.27.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers21.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary 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 Ullapool High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Ullapool High School have?

169 pupils aged 11 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
Mill Street, Ullapool, Ullapool, IV26 2UN
Telephone
01854 612078
Website
www.ullapoolhigh.highland.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Highland
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
5119936
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from