Dunblane Primary School, Dunblane
Dunblane Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunblane.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dunblane Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dunblane 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.
Dunblane Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 347 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 73% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 9.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dunblane Primary School are St Mary's Episcopal Primary School (0.5 miles), Newton Primary School (1 mile), Doune Primary School (3 miles) and Bridge Of Allan Primary (3.1 miles).
St Mary's Episcopal Primary SchoolNewton Primary SchoolDoune Primary SchoolBridge Of Allan Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunblane Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kilbryde Crescent (opposite), 110 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dunblane Primary School in September 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Securing children’s progressvery good
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 Dunblane Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Dunblane Primary School
When was Dunblane Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dunblane Primary School in September 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and securing children’s progress as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dunblane Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dunblane 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dunblane Primary School?
If you live in Dunblane Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Dunblane Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dunblane Primary School?
Dunblane Primary School is at Doune Road, Dunblane, Dunblane, FK15 9AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)