Colliston Primary School, By Arbroath
Colliston Primary School is a primary school for pupils in By Arbroath.
- Attendance
- 95.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Colliston Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Colliston 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.
Colliston Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 32 pupils, an average class size of 16 and 10.3 pupils per teacher.
41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.9% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 43% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Colliston Primary School are Inverbrothock Primary School (2.2 miles), Carmyllie Primary School (2.7 miles), Friockheim Primary School (2.8 miles) and Warddykes Primary School (2.9 miles).
Inverbrothock Primary SchoolCarmyllie Primary SchoolFriockheim Primary SchoolWarddykes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Arbroath Rail Station, about 3.4 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Village Hall (at), 130 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 Colliston Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 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 Colliston Primary School
What is the catchment area for Colliston Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Colliston 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 Colliston Primary School?
If you live in Colliston 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 Colliston Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Colliston Primary School?
Colliston Primary School is at Colliston, By Arbroath, By Arbroath, DD11 3RR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)