Claypotts Castle Primary School, Dundee
Claypotts Castle Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 90.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Claypotts Castle Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Claypotts Castle 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.
Claypotts Castle Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 375 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 16.2 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 34.9% 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 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Claypotts Castle Primary School are St Pius' RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Craigiebarns Primary School (0.7 miles), Forthill Primary School (1 mile) and Ballumbie Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Pius' RC Primary SchoolCraigiebarns Primary SchoolForthill Primary SchoolBallumbie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Broughty Ferry Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Balunie Place (near), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Claypotts Castle Primary School are Greenfield Academy (0.9 miles) and Grove Academy (0.9 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Claypotts Castle Primary School in June 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Claypotts Castle Primary School
Welcome to Claypotts Castle Primary School Website
7 Sep 2026
School Terms and Holidays
7 Sep 2026
School Meals
7 Sep 2026
August 2026 Newsletters
7 Sep 2026
September 2026 Newsletters
7 Sep 2026
School Uniform
7 Sep 2026
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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.
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 Claypotts Castle Primary School
When was Claypotts Castle Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Claypotts Castle Primary School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Claypotts Castle Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Claypotts Castle 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 Claypotts Castle Primary School?
If you live in Claypotts Castle 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 Claypotts Castle 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. 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 Claypotts Castle Primary School?
Claypotts Castle Primary School is at 9 Balloch Place, Dundee, Dundee, DD4 8TB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)