What did Education Scotland judge Knockando Primary School's quality indicator to be?

Education Scotland judged Knockando Primary School's quality indicator as Good (4 of 6) at its inspection in October 2023, on Education Scotland's own scale.

How many pupils attend Knockando Primary School?

Knockando Primary School has 36 pupils on roll.

Where is Knockando Primary School located?

Knockando Primary School is located in AB38 7RY, Moray.

How do I apply to Knockando Primary School?

In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Knockando Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to Moray Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.

How are P1 places decided at Knockando Primary School?

When Knockando Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the zoned catchment area — Normally your child will attend the local catchment school. Placing requests will only be granted once places have been given to children living in the catchment area. A child wishing to attend a denominational school without a Roman Catholic baptismal certificate must make a placing request. Tie-break: Category 8: straight-line distance from school to home, closest first.

What is the largest ethnic background at Knockando Primary School?

According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 94.4% of pupils at Knockando Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Knockando Primary School: Catchment 2026

How places are decided at Knockando Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (P1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Resident in the zoned catchment area — Normally your child will attend the local catchment school. Placing requests will only be granted once places have been given to children living in the catchment area. A child wishing to attend a denominational school without a Roman Catholic baptismal certificate must make a placing request.

If two applications tie: Category 8: straight-line distance from school to home, closest first.

Decisions rest with a Senior Officer from Education working to the published guidelines. A successful placing request carries no free transport. A placing request to a primary school gives no entitlement to the associated secondary; a fresh placing request is needed if the family lives outside that secondary's delineated area.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Knockando Primary School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Knockando Primary School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Knockando Primary School's quality indicator as Good (4 of 6) at its inspection in October 2023, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Knockando Primary School?: Knockando Primary School has 36 pupils on roll.
Where is Knockando Primary School located?: Knockando Primary School is located in AB38 7RY, Moray.
How do I apply to Knockando Primary School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Knockando Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to Moray Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are P1 places decided at Knockando Primary School?: When Knockando Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the zoned catchment area — Normally your child will attend the local catchment school. Placing requests will only be granted once places have been given to children living in the catchment area. A child wishing to attend a denominational school without a Roman Catholic baptismal certificate must make a placing request. Tie-break: Category 8: straight-line distance from school to home, closest first.
What is the largest ethnic background at Knockando Primary School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 94.4% of pupils at Knockando Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Knockando Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (P1), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Resident in the zoned catchment area — Normally your child will attend the local catchment school. Placing requests will only be granted once places have been given to children living in the catchment area. A child wishing to attend a denominational school without a Roman Catholic baptismal certificate must make a placing request.

If two applications tie: Category 8: straight-line distance from school to home, closest first.

Knockando Primary School: key facts

What did Education Scotland judge Knockando Primary School's quality indicator to be?: Education Scotland judged Knockando Primary School's quality indicator as Good (4 of 6) at its inspection in October 2023, on Education Scotland's own scale.
How many pupils attend Knockando Primary School?: Knockando Primary School has 36 pupils on roll.
Where is Knockando Primary School located?: Knockando Primary School is located in AB38 7RY, Moray.
How do I apply to Knockando Primary School?: In Scotland you enrol your child at the catchment school for your home address, and each council sets its own enrolment dates. If Knockando Primary School is not your catchment school, you can make a placing request to Moray Council to ask for a place there. By law, a placing request for a child starting P1 or S1 that reaches the council by 15 March must be answered by 30 April; check the council's admissions pages for its own dates.
How are P1 places decided at Knockando Primary School?: When Knockando Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Resident in the zoned catchment area — Normally your child will attend the local catchment school. Placing requests will only be granted once places have been given to children living in the catchment area. A child wishing to attend a denominational school without a Roman Catholic baptismal certificate must make a placing request. Tie-break: Category 8: straight-line distance from school to home, closest first.
What is the largest ethnic background at Knockando Primary School?: According to the Scottish Government Pupil Census 2025-26, 94.4% of pupils at Knockando Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

League tables in Moray Compare Moray schools Best primary schools in Moray Moray hub All Moray schools Schools on map Admissions checker Catchment areas guide What to ask on a visit

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On-site nursery & childcare

Separately-registered childcare operating at this school's site, each with its own Care Inspectorate record.

Knockando Playgroup

Nursery

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