Birkhill Primary School, DUNDEE
Birkhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Birkhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Birkhill 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.
Birkhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 244 pupils, an average class size of 27.1 and 19.2 pupils per teacher.
6% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 37% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25, and 11.7% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Birkhill Primary School are Liff Primary School (1.1 miles), Craigowl Primary School (1.7 miles), Ardler Primary School (1.9 miles) and St Fergus' RC Primary School (1.9 miles).
Liff Primary SchoolCraigowl Primary SchoolArdler Primary SchoolSt Fergus' RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Invergowrie Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 170 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 Birkhill 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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 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 Birkhill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Birkhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Birkhill 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 Birkhill Primary School?
If you live in Birkhill 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 Birkhill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Birkhill Primary School?
Birkhill Primary School is at Dronley Road, Birkhill, DUNDEE, DUNDEE, DD2 5QD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)