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Cradlehall Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Westhill, Inverness IV2 5DB · cradlehallps.wordpress.com · 01463 791195
Overview
- Pupils
- 231
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Highland
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 11.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
- Average class size
- 25.7
- Additional support needs
- 43 pupils (19%)
- English as an additional language
- 10 pupils (4%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (159 pupils)
- P6 and older16.7% (12 pupils)
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 29 November 2022) 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 3 (satisfactory). Nursery class: Leadership of change 3 (satisfactory); Learning, teaching and assessment 3 (satisfactory); Securing children’s progress 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good).
- Report published
- 29 Nov 2022
- 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 | 3 · Satisfactory |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 Dec 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 4 · Good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 4 · Good |