Forthill Primary School, DUNDEE
Forthill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Forthill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Forthill 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.
Forthill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 447 pupils, an average class size of 27.9 and 21.7 pupils per teacher.
32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 62% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 13.6% 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 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Forthill Primary School are Barnhill Primary School (0.7 miles), Claypotts Castle Primary School (1 mile), St Pius' RC Primary School (1.5 miles) and Grange Primary School (1.5 miles).
Barnhill Primary SchoolClaypotts Castle Primary SchoolSt Pius' RC Primary SchoolGrange Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Broughty Ferry Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fintry Place (opposite), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Forthill Primary School are Grove Academy (0.4 miles), Monifieth High School (1.3 miles) and Greenfield Academy (1.8 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Forthill Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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.
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Questions parents ask about Forthill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Forthill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Forthill 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 Forthill Primary School?
If you live in Forthill 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 Forthill Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 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 Forthill Primary School?
Forthill Primary School is at Fintry Place, Broughty Ferry, DUNDEE, DUNDEE, DD5 3BE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)