Ancrum Road Primary School, Dundee
Ancrum Road Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ancrum Road Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ancrum Road Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 304 pupils, an average class size of 25.3 and 19.2 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
46% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 30.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 67% full.
Ancrum Road Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "At Ancrum Road Primary, every child is supported to grow and thrive in a safe, kind, and respectful environment. Everyone-children, staff, and families-has the right to feel safe, valued, and heard, and we encourage an environment where we all take care of one another."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include choir and STEM.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ancrum Road Primary School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Victoria Park Primary School (0.6 miles), St Joseph's RC Primary School (0.6 miles) and Blackness Primary School (1 mile).
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolVictoria Park Primary SchoolSt Joseph's RC Primary SchoolBlackness Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Muirton Road (opposite), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ancrum Road Primary School are St John's RC High School (0.6 miles) and Harris Academy (0.9 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Ancrum Road Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 11 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about Ancrum Road Primary School
What is the catchment area for Ancrum Road Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ancrum Road Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Dundee City. Dundee City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ancrum Road Primary School?
If you live in Ancrum Road Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Dundee City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dundee City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Ancrum Road Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 11 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ancrum Road Primary School?
Ancrum Road Primary School is at 47 Ancrum Road, Dundee, Dundee, DD2 2HX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)