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Melvich Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
By Thurso KW14 7YL · 01641 531200
On the mapSearch near KW14 7YL
Overview
- Pupils
- 33
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 10 places
- Teachers
- 2.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
- Average class size
- 16.5
- Additional support needs
- Too few to publish
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (18 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 0%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 4 December 2018) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 4 Dec 2018
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 19 Jan 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 10
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |