Craigiebarns Primary School, Dundee
Craigiebarns Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Craigiebarns Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Craigiebarns 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.
Craigiebarns Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 284 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
36% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 14.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 77% full.
Craigiebarns Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am, from £2.00 per day.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Craigiebarns Primary School are St Pius' RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Claypotts Castle Primary School (0.7 miles), Rowantree Primary School (1.2 miles) and Ballumbie Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Pius' RC Primary SchoolClaypotts Castle Primary SchoolRowantree Primary SchoolBallumbie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Broughty Ferry Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Craigiebarns Road (at), 260 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Craigiebarns Primary School are Greenfield Academy (0.9 miles), Morgan Academy (1.5 miles) and Grove Academy (1.5 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 Craigiebarns Primary School in February 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Keep up with Craigiebarns Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Craigiebarns Primary School
Questions parents ask about Craigiebarns Primary School
When was Craigiebarns Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Craigiebarns Primary School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Craigiebarns Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Craigiebarns 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 Craigiebarns Primary School?
If you live in Craigiebarns 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 Craigiebarns Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Craigiebarns Primary School?
Craigiebarns Primary School is at Brington Road, Dundee, Dundee, DD4 7UH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)