Craigowl Primary School, Dundee
Craigowl Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 92%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Craigowl Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Craigowl 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.
Craigowl Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 261 pupils, an average class size of 21.8 and 14.7 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
37% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92% in 2024/25, and 27.5% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Craigowl Primary School are St Fergus' RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Ardler Primary School (0.5 miles), St Andrew's RC Primary School (0.5 miles) and Strathmartine Primary School (0.7 miles).
St Fergus' RC Primary SchoolArdler Primary SchoolSt Andrew's RC Primary SchoolStrathmartine Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 3.1 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Clement Place (at), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Craigowl Primary School are Baldragon Academy (0.9 miles) and St Paul's RC 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 Craigowl Primary School in October 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Craigowl Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
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 Craigowl Primary School
When was Craigowl Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Craigowl Primary School in October 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Craigowl Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Craigowl 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 Craigowl Primary School?
If you live in Craigowl 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 Craigowl Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 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 Craigowl Primary School?
Craigowl Primary School is at 112 Laird Street, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 9NY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)