Glebelands Primary School, Dundee
Glebelands Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glebelands Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Glebelands 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.
Glebelands Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 361 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 25.1% 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 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glebelands Primary School are Clepington Primary School (0.4 miles), Dens Road Primary School (0.7 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.7 miles) and Rosebank Primary School (0.7 miles).
Clepington Primary SchoolDens Road Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolRosebank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Baffin Street (at), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Glebelands Primary School are Morgan Academy (0.4 miles), St Paul's RC Academy (1.6 miles) and Greenfield Academy (1.9 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 Glebelands Primary School in October 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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 Glebelands Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 15 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
7 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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Glebelands Primary School
Questions parents ask about Glebelands Primary School
When was Glebelands Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glebelands Primary School in October 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glebelands Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glebelands 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 Glebelands Primary School?
If you live in Glebelands 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 Glebelands Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 15 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 7 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 Glebelands Primary School?
Glebelands Primary School is at Baffin Street, Dundee, Dundee, DD4 6EZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)