Downfield Primary School, Dundee
Downfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 91.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Downfield Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Downfield 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.
Downfield Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 271 pupils, an average class size of 24.6 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
43% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
59% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.2% in 2024/25, and 32.1% 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 62% full.
Downfield Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Downfield Primary School is situated in the Downfield and Kirkton area of Dundee and provides a safe and stimulating education for children from Nursery to Primary 7. We have been at the heart of our community for 150 years and are still going strong!"
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Downfield Primary School are St Andrew's RC Primary School (0.3 miles), Sidlaw View Primary School (0.4 miles), Ardler Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Fergus' RC Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Andrew's RC Primary SchoolSidlaw View Primary SchoolArdler Primary SchoolSt Fergus' RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Haldane Street (near), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Downfield Primary School are Baldragon Academy (0.4 miles), St Paul's RC Academy (0.7 miles), St John's RC High School (1 mile) and Morgan Academy (1.8 miles).
Baldragon AcademySt Paul's RC AcademySt John's RC High SchoolMorgan 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 Downfield Primary School in April 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
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Keep up with Downfield Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 4 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 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Downfield Primary School
Questions parents ask about Downfield Primary School
When was Downfield Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Downfield Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Downfield Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Downfield 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 Downfield Primary School?
If you live in Downfield 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 Downfield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 4 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Downfield Primary School?
Downfield Primary School is at 20 Haldane Crescent, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 0JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)