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Drakies Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Drumossie Avenue, Inverness IV2 3SG · 01463 236032
Overview
- Pupils
- 244
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Gaelic for learners
- Provided
- Taught as a subject
- Nursery class
- Yes · 66 places
- Teachers
- 11.3
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
- Average class size
- 27.1
- Additional support needs
- 81 pupils (33%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Taught in Gaelic
- 34 pupils (14%)
- Gaelic medium or learner
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (164 pupils)
- P6 and older21.2% (17 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 5%
- 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 (inspection, report published 28 February 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 28 Feb 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 2 Nov 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 66
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? | 4 · Good |