Auchterhouse Primary School, Dundee
Auchterhouse Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 96.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Auchterhouse Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Auchterhouse 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.
Auchterhouse Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 31 pupils, an average class size of 15.5 and 11.1 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals.
Attendance was 96.8% in 2024/25, and 0% 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 46% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Auchterhouse Primary School are Birkhill Primary School (2.2 miles), Strathmartine Primary School (2.8 miles), Liff Primary School (3.2 miles) and Craigowl Primary School (3.2 miles).
Birkhill Primary SchoolStrathmartine Primary SchoolLiff Primary SchoolCraigowl Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Auchterhouse Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Auchterhouse School (at), 90 metres away.
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 Auchterhouse Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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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Questions parents ask about Auchterhouse Primary School
What is the catchment area for Auchterhouse Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Auchterhouse 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Auchterhouse Primary School?
If you live in Auchterhouse Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Auchterhouse Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Auchterhouse Primary School?
Auchterhouse Primary School is at Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 0QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)