Baldragon Academy, Dundee
Baldragon Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 83.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Baldragon Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Baldragon Academy 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 792 pupils and 11.3 pupils per teacher.
36% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
48% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 83.1% in 2024/25, and 48.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 72% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Baldragon Academy are St Paul's RC Academy (0.8 miles), St John's RC High School (1.4 miles), Morgan Academy (2 miles) and Harris Academy (2.8 miles).
St Paul's RC AcademySt John's RC High SchoolMorgan AcademyHarris Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Whitburn Place (at), 100 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Baldragon Academy are Sidlaw View Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Andrew's RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Downfield Primary School (0.4 miles) and Craigowl Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dundee City publishes both.
Sidlaw View Primary SchoolSt Andrew's RC Primary SchoolDownfield Primary SchoolCraigowl Primary School
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 Baldragon Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Baldragon Academy is a six-year comprehensive in the Kirkton area of the city of Dundee, Scotland. It was originally named Kirkton High School until merging with Rockwell High School in August 1997.
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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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Questions parents ask about Baldragon Academy
What is the catchment area for Baldragon Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Baldragon Academy 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 Baldragon Academy?
If you live in Baldragon Academy'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 Baldragon Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Baldragon Academy?
Baldragon Academy is at 69 Harestane Road, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 0LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)