Blackford Primary School, PERTHSHIRE
Blackford Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perthshire.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Blackford Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Blackford 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 53 pupils, an average class size of 17.7 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 17.2% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Blackford Primary School are Braco Primary School (4 miles) and Muthill Primary School (5.2 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gleneagles Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Turning Circle (at), 110 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 Blackford Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Blackford Primary School
What is the catchment area for Blackford Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Blackford 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Blackford Primary School?
If you live in Blackford Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Blackford 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, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Blackford Primary School?
Blackford Primary School is at Stirling Street, Blackford, PERTHSHIRE, PERTHSHIRE, PH4 1PZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)