Craigie Primary School, Perth
Craigie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Craigie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Craigie 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.
Craigie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 190 pupils, an average class size of 23.8 and 17.1 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 8.5% 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 good (A); the school was 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Craigie Primary School are Inch View Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles), Moncreiffe Primary School (0.6 miles), Viewlands Primary School (0.7 miles) and Kinnoull Primary School (0.9 miles).
Inch View Primary and Nursery SchoolMoncreiffe Primary SchoolViewlands Primary SchoolKinnoull Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parish Church (at), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Craigie Primary School are Perth Academy (0.6 miles), Perth High School (1 mile), Perth Grammar School (1.4 miles) and St John's RC Academy (1.5 miles).
Perth AcademyPerth High SchoolPerth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC Academy
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 Craigie Primary School in September 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 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 Craigie Primary School
When was Craigie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Craigie Primary School in September 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Craigie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Craigie 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 Craigie Primary School?
If you live in Craigie 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 Craigie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 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 Craigie Primary School?
Craigie Primary School is at 15 Abbott Street, Perth, Perth, PH2 0EE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)