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Smithton Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Smithton, Inverness IV2 7PD · smithtonprimary.wordpress.com · 01463 791606
Overview
- Pupils
- 362
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 104 places
- Teachers
- 17.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
- Average class size
- 25.9
- Additional support needs
- 103 pupils (28%)
- English as an additional language
- 28 pupils (8%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (253 pupils)
- P6 and older30.3% (33 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 3%
- 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 29 June 2010) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 29 Jun 2010
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 14 Mar 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 104
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · 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 |