This is a list of schools and institutions providing Scottish Gaelic–medium education (GME) by

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. For convenience the areas listed are not necessarily council or education authority areas unless otherwise noted. There are at least 46 nurseries, 62 primary schools and 29 secondary schools providing GME education in Scotland.

Aberdeen City

Primary schools

Gilcomstoun Primary School Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of thirteen secondary schools run by the Aberdeen City Council educational department. It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest grammar school ...

– Provides nursery and primary school GME.Gaelic Education
on Aberdeen Council Website

Secondary schools

Hazlehead Academy Hazlehead Academy, formerly known as Central School then Aberdeen Academy, is a comprehensive secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It has four main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Prim ...

– only provides education in the subject of Gaelic, not Gaelic-medium education in other subjects

Angus

*Whitehills Primary School,

Forfar Forfar ( sco, Farfar, gd, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a pop ...

Gaelic Medium Education leaflet
from Angus Council

Argyll and Bute

Primary schools

*Bowmore Primary School, Islay *Tiree Primary School,

Tiree Tiree (; gd, Tiriodh, ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, an ...

*Salen Primary School,

Mull Mull may refer to: Places *Isle of Mull, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides ** Sound of Mull, between the Isle of Mull and the rest of Scotland * Mount Mull, Antarctica *Mull Hill, Isle of Man * Mull, Arkansas, a place along Arkansas Highway ...

*Rockfield Primary School, Oban *Strath of Appin Primary School, by Oban *Sandbank Primary School,

Dunoon Dunoon (; gd, Dùn Omhain) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As wel ...

Primary School Registration
information on Argyll and Bute Council website. *Bunessan Primary - Isle of Mull

Secondary schools

*Tiree Secondary School * Tobermory High School, Mull *

Oban High School Oban High School is a secondary school in Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The head teacher is Peter Bain. Mr Bain has been the head teacher since 2008. The roll is currently 874. A new school opened in April 2018. History Oban High School opened in ...

, Oban

Ayrshire

Primary schools

* Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh, Kilmarnock – provides early learning and childcare, primary and secondary education for pupils aged 2–18 across East Ayrshire.
East Ayrshire Council * Bun-Sgoil Pàirc Whitehirst, Kilwinning – provides GME primary education for pupils aged 5–11 across North Ayrshire. The school opened in August 2020.
Bun-Sgoil Pàirc Whitehirst

Secondary schools

Kilmarnock Academy , Kilmarnock – provides early learning and childcare, primary and secondary education for pupils aged 2–18 across East Ayrshire.

Clackmannanshire

No Gaelic-medium education exists in Clackmannanshire at present.Full report on the Review of Gaelic Medium Early Education and Childcare
– Scottish Government

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)

Gaelic-medium education is available in most, if not all schools in the Western Isles. There are currently 20 pre-schools, 18 primary schools and 4 secondary schools offering Gaelic-medium education.

East Dunbartonshire

*Meadowburn Primary School Bishopbriggs Academy – only provides education in the subject of Gaelic, not Gaelic-medium education in other subjects

East Renfrewshire

No Gaelic-medium education exists in East Renfrewshire at present.

Edinburgh and Lothians

Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce (English: Parkside Primary School, referring to the adjoining Pilrig Park) is a Gaelic medium primary school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Administered by the City of Edinburgh Council, the school is open to any parents in ...

James Gillespie's High School James Gillespie's High School is a state-funded secondary school in Marchmont, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a comprehensive high school, educating pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, situated at the centre of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle and H ...

Pupils from Midlothian, East Lothian, and West Lothian are transported by the council to the schools in Edinburgh.

Falkirk

No Gaelic-medium education exists in Falkirk at present. Falkirk children attend the GME schools in North Lanarkshire and Stirling in transport provided by Falkirk Council.

Glasgow City

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu Glasgow Gaelic School (Scottish Gaelic: ''Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu'') is a primary and secondary school in Glasgow, Scotland which teaches through the medium of Scottish Gaelic. This teaching method is commonly known as Gaelic medium educatio ...

– provides primary and secondary education. *Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghleann Dail * Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Baile Ghobhainn – provides GME primary education.

Highland

In the Highland council area there are 21 nurseries, 21 primary schools and 13 secondary schools educating 1294 pupils in Gaelic.Gaelic Medium Education
on Highland Council

School areas with primaries providing GME

*Acharacle, Lochaber *Bonar Bridge, Sutherland *Broadford, Isle of Skye *Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis *Craighill, Tain *Dingwall, Ross-shire *Dunvegan, Isle of Skye *Fort William, Lochaber *Gairloch, Wester Ross *Glenurquhart *Kilmuir, Isle of Skye *Lochcarron *Mallaig, Lochaber *Millbank, Nairn *Newtonmore *Plockton *Portree, Isle of Skye *Sleat, Isle of Skye *Staffin, Isle of Skye *Mount Pleasant, Thurso, Caithness *Tongue, Sutherland *Ullapool

Secondary schools

Alness Academy Alness Academy ( gd, Acadamaidh Alanais) is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross. Along with five associated primary schools, it ...

*Ardnamurchan High *

Charleston Academy Charleston Academy ( Gaelic:''Àrd Sgoil Bhaile Theàrlaich'') is a secondary school established in 1978, in the Kinmylies area of Inverness, Scotland. The present roll is 724 pupils. The catchment area includes Kinmylies, Muirtown, Leachkin a ...

* Culloden Academy *

Dingwall Academy Dingwall Academy is the largest secondary school in the Highlands of Scotland, with an enrolment of 1048 pupils as of August 2018. The Academy is situated in the centre of Dingwall and brings in pupils from Conon Bridge, Maryburgh, Muir of Ord ...

*Farr High *

Gairloch High School Gairloch High School (Gaelic: ''Ard-Sgoil Ghearrloch'') is a six-year secondary school in Gairloch, Scotland. Being situated in a remote area of the Highlands, it serves a large catchment area, with over 70% many of the pupils relying on school ...

* Inverness Royal Academy *

Lochaber High School Lochaber High School is a six-year comprehensive secondary school located in the town of Fort William, Lochaber, in the Highland region of Scotland. The current Head Teacher is Scott Steele. Associated primary schools There are eleven primary ...

Mallaig High School Mallaig High School is a secondary school in Mallaig, Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilm ...

Millburn Academy Millburn Academy ( Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Allt a' Mhuilinn'') 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's reach, with a catc ...

Plockton High School Plockton High School is a 300-pupil high school in the village of Plockton, Scotland. The catchment area for the school stretches from Applecross in the north to Corran in the south. Since the opening of the Skye Bridge, increasing numbers of p ...

Portree High School Portree High School ( Gaelic: ') is a state co-educational comprehensive school in Portree, Isle of Skye in Scotland. , the school enrols 490 pupils and employs 80 teachers and support staff. The school's catchment area draws from 15 primary sch ...

*Ullapool High *

Tain Royal Academy Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2018. Tain Royal Academy is part of the Golspie, ...

Inverclyde

*Whinhill Primary School (Bun-sgoil Chnoc a' Chonaisg), Greenock. (Includes Gaelic pre-school provision)

North Lanarkshire

*Condorrat Primary School (Bunsgoil Chondobhrait),

Cumbernauld Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...

provides Primary GME. The unit had roll of 166 in 2012/13 *

Greenfaulds High School Greenfaulds High School is a mixed, non-denominational six-year Comprehensive school, comprehensive secondary school. The original building was opened in 1971, while the new building was first opened to the public on 29 September 2016, and the old ...

provides Secondary GME.

Perth & Kinross

* Goodlyburn Primary School, Perth. Provides Primary GME. * Perth Academy, Perth. * Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy. Provides Primary GME.

Renfrewshire

West Primary School, Paisley.

Scottish Borders

No Gaelic-medium education exists in the Scottish Borders at present.

South Lanarkshire

* Mount Cameron Primary School (with nursery) * Calderglen High School

Stirling

*Riverside Primary School,Gaelic Unit
– Riverside Primary School

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

, provides Primary GME. *Wallace High School,

, provides Secondary GME.

West Lothian

No Gaelic-medium education exists in West Lothian at present.

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Aberdeen City

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Ayrshire

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Clackmannanshire

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)

East Dunbartonshire

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh and Lothians

Falkirk

Glasgow City

Highland

School areas with primaries providing GME

Secondary schools

Inverclyde

North Lanarkshire

Perth & Kinross

Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders

South Lanarkshire

Stirling

West Lothian

See also

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