List of schools providing Gaelic medium education in Scotland
This is a list of schools and institutions providing Scottish Gaelic medium education (GME) 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
Primary Schools
- Gilcomstoun Primary School - Provides nursery and primary school GME.[1]
Secondary schools
- Hazlehead Academy[1]
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Primary schools
- Bowmore Primary School, Islay
- Tiree Primary School, Tiree
- Salen Primary School, Mull
- Rockfield Primary School, Oban
- Strath of Appin Primary School, by Oban
- Sandbank Primary School, Dunoon[3]
Secondary schools
- Tiree Secondary School[4]
- Tobermory High School, Mull
Ayrshire
- Onthank Primary School — provides nursery and primary Gaelic medium education.[5]
Clackmannanshire
No Gaelic medium education exists in Clackmannanshire at present.[6]
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
Gaelic medium education is available in most, if not all schools in the Western Isles.[7]
East Dunbartonshire
- Meadowburn Primary School[8]
Edinburgh and East Lothian
Falkirk
No Gaelic medium education exists in Falkirk at present.[6] Falkirk children attend the GME schools in North Lanarkshire and Stirling in transport provided by Falkirk Council.[11]
Glasgow City
- Glasgow Gaelic School - provides primary and secondary education.[12]
Highland
In the Highland council area there are 21 nurseries, 21 primary schools and 13 secondary schools educating 1294 pupils in Gaelic.[13]
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
- Ardnamurchan High
- Charleston Academy
- Culloden Academy
- Dingwall Academy
- Farr High
- Gairloch High
- Inverness Royal Academy
- Lochaber High School
- Millburn Academy
- Plockton High School
- Portree High School
- Ullapool High
Inverclyde
- Whinhill primary school[14]
North Lanarkshire
- Condorrat Primary School (Bunsgoil Chondobhrait), Cumbernauld[15] provides Primary GME. The unit had roll of 166 in 2012/13[16]
- Greenfaulds High School, Cumbernauld provides Secondary GME.
Perth & Kinross
- Goodlyburn Primary School, Perth. Provides Primary GME.
- Perth Academy, Perth.
- Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy. Provides Primary GME.
Renfrewshire
No Gaelic medium education exists in East Renfrewshire at present.[6]
Scottish Borders
No Gaelic medium education exists in the Scottish Borders at present.[6]
Stirling
- Riverside Primary School,[17] Stirling, provides Primary GME.
- Wallace High School, Stirling, provides Secondary GME.
West Lothian
No Gaelic medium education exists in West Lothian at present.[6]
See also
- Gaelic medium education in Scotland
- Gaelscoil for Irish-gaelic medium education in Ireland.
References
- 1 2 Gaelic Education on Aberdeen Council Website
- ↑ Gaelic Medium Education leaflet from Angus Council
- ↑ Primary School Registration information on Argyll and Bute Council website.
- ↑ Tiree High School on Argyll and Bute council.
- ↑ Gaelic Medium Education - East Ayrshire Council
- 1 2 3 4 5 Full report on the Review of Gaelic Medium Early Education and Childcare - Scottish Government
- ↑ Delivery of GM Education - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- ↑ Gaelic Information Leaflet - East Dunbartonshire Council
- ↑ Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce
- ↑ http://www.jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk James Gillespie's High School
- ↑ Falkirk Council Gaelic Language Plan 2013-2018,
- ↑ Glasgow Gaelic School (Scottish Gaelic)
- ↑ Gaelic Medium Education on Highland Council
- ↑ HMIE Inspection of Highlanders Academy
- ↑ Gaelic Medium Education - North Lanarkshire Council
- ↑ Gaelic school enrolment on the up www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk, 16 July 2013
- ↑ Gaelic Unit - Riverside Primary School
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