DurorPrimary SChool

Duror Primary provides pupils from the Duror and Kentallen area with a stimulating and modern learning environment, which is supported by an ethos of encouraging achievement and celebrating success. The school promotes an active partnership between home, school, and the wider community.

Duror Primary was originally built in 1877 and is the most southerly school of the Highland Region. The school building has been modernised and expanded over the years to provide comfortable and up-to-date educational facilities. The school is situated on the Cuil Bay Road at the junction of A828 trunk road. The single track outside the school leads to an attractive bay, full of wildlife, which enhances the school curriculum. A wooded area behind the school adds to the attractiveness of the school setting and further promotes outdoor learning.

Duror Primary currently has a low pupil roll. However, with a growing number of pre-school children in the village, it is hoped numbers will rise. To support the fluctuating school roll and to provide the children with access to peers and wider educational facilities and experiences, Duror Primary became an Associated School with Ballachulish Primary in January 2020. Duror Primary works closely with the three other primary schools in the area: Ballachulish Primary, Glencoe Primary, and St Brides Primary, as part of a cluster.

A successful toddler group operates on a weekly basis within the school and pupils from the other schools in the cluster group visit as part of our weekly Nurture Group. Duror Primary is forging a new role as an outdoor centre for the cluster group, with an exciting new project in conjunction with the International Otter Survival Fund and local conservation group MacColl getting underway early in 2025.  The school is also working with SAMS, Dunstaffnage on possible projects.

Duror Primary is under the leadership of Class Teacher, Miss Holly Graves, and Acting Cluster Head Teacher, Miss Mary Evans.

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Secondary Schools

There is a choice of secondary schools for children from Duror and Kentallen: Lochaber High School (Fort William), Oban High School, Kinlochleven High School and Ardnamurchan High School (Strontian).