Camperdown Primary School, Dundee
Camperdown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 91.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Camperdown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Camperdown 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.
Camperdown Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 201 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
53% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 30.8% 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 60% full.
Camperdown Primary School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, athletics and basketball.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Camperdown Primary School are St Clement's RC Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Ninian's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Tayview Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Mary's RC Primary School (1 mile).
St Clement's RC Primary SchoolSt Ninian's RC Primary SchoolTayview Primary SchoolSt Mary's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Invergowrie Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Buttars Street (at), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Camperdown Primary School are St John's RC High School (1.4 miles) and Harris Academy (1.6 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 Camperdown Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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 Camperdown Primary School
What is the catchment area for Camperdown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Camperdown 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 Camperdown Primary School?
If you live in Camperdown 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 Camperdown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Camperdown Primary School?
Camperdown Primary School is at Buttars Street, Dundee, Dundee, DD2 4PQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)