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Ness Castle Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Brodie Road, INVERNESS IV2 6FW · highland.gov.uk · 01463 383600
Overview
- Pupils
- 218
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 110 places
- Teachers
- 11.8
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Average class size
- 24.2
- Additional support needs
- 54 pupils (25%)
- English as an additional language
- 9 pupils (4%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (173 pupils)
- P6 and older37.8% (17 pupils)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland has no graded inspection of this school on file.
Nursery class
- Graded report
- 23 Jan 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 110
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 3 · Adequate |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 3 · Adequate |
| How good is our leadership? | 3 · Adequate |
These grades are for the nursery class only. Education Scotland inspects the school itself, and has no grading on file for it. Search Education Scotland's reports