List of schools providing Gaelic medium education in Scotland
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This is a list of schools and institutions providing Scottish Gaelic medium education by area. For convenience the areas listed are not necessarily council or education authority areas unless otherwise noted. This list includes nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools.
Aberdeen City
- Gilcomstoun Primary SchoolGilcomstoun Primary SchoolGilcomstoun Primary School is an Aberdeen City Council owned and run educational establishment in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of Aberdeen Grammar School's feeder schools....
- Provides nursery and primary school GME. - Hazlehead Academy
Primary schools
- Bowmore Primary School, IslayIslay-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...
- Tiree Primary School, TireeTiree-History:Tiree is known for the 1st century BC Dùn Mòr broch, for the prehistoric carved Ringing Stone and for the birds of the Ceann a' Mhara headland....
- Salen Primary School, MullMull-Places:*Isle of Mull, Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides*Sound of Mull, between the island and the rest of Scotland*Mull , Anglicisation of Gaelic Maol, hill or promontory**Mull of Galloway, Scotland**Mull of Kintyre, Scotland...
- Rockfield Primary School, ObanObanOban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...
- Strath of Appin Primary School, by Oban
- Sandbank Primary School, DunoonDunoonDunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
Gaelic medium education is available in most, if not all schools in the Western Isles.Highland
In the Highland council area there are 21 nurseries, 21 primary schools and 13 secondary schools educating 1294 pupils in Gaelic.School areas with primaries providing GME
- Acharacleh
- Bonar Bridge
- Broadford
- Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig
- Inbhir Nis
- Craighill
- Dingwall
- Dunvegan
- Fort William
- Gairloch
- Glenurquhart
- Kilmuir
- Lochcarron
- Mallaig
- Millbank
- Newtonmore
- Plockton
- Portree
- Sleat
- Staffin
- Tongue
- Ullapool
Secondary Schools
- Alness AcademyAlness AcademyAlness Academy is a high school located in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland.Built in 1970s, it is one of the main schools in Ross-Shire, with around about 600 pupils all in. Has a rugby, football and hockey team....
- Ardnamurchan High
- Charleston AcademyCharleston AcademyCharleston Academy was established in 1978 and is located in the Kinmylies area of Inverness, Scotland. The school has an average pupil population of 850...
- Culloden AcademyCulloden AcademyThe Culloden Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Culloden, Highland, Scotland. The building was completed in 1982 and, as of session 2007/08, has an enrollment of 1,031 pupils. The current rector of The Culloden Academy is Mr Stephen T Dowds who became rector in 2004...
- Dingwall AcademyDingwall AcademyDingwall Academy is the largest secondary school in the Highlands of Scotland, with an enrollment of 1005 pupils as of November 2006. The Academy is situated in the centre of Dingwall and brings in pupils from Conon Bridge, Maryburgh, Muir of Ord, Strathpeffer and the surrounding area.Dingwall...
- Farr High
- Gairloch High
- Inverness Royal AcademyInverness Royal AcademyInverness Royal Academy is a secondary school located in the Culduthel area of Inverness, Highland, Scotland.- Catchment area :...
- Lochaber High SchoolLochaber High SchoolLochaber High School is a six year comprehensive secondary school located in the town of Fort William, Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland.-Admissions:The current Head Teacher is Mr J Sutherland. It is situated off the A830...
- Millburn AcademyMillburn AcademyMillburn Academy is a six-year secondary school in Inverness, Scotland. It serves the portion of Inverness east of the River Ness along with rural areas to the south of the city, with a catchment area that includes the primary schools of Crown, Daviot, Drakies, Inshes, Raigmore and Strathdearn...
- Plockton High School
- Portree High SchoolPortree High schoolPortree High School is a state co-educational comprehensive school in Portree, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The school currently enrolls 640 pupils and employs 60 teachers...
- Ullapool High
Perth & Kinross
- Goodlyburn Primary School, Perth. Provides Primary GME.
- Perth Academy, Perth.
See also
- Gaelic medium education in Scotland
- GaelscoilGaelscoilA gaelscoil is an Irish-medium primary school in Ireland, of a sort found outside the traditionally Irish-speaking regions, especially in urban areas....
for Irish-gaelic medium education in Ireland.