Goodlyburn Primary School, Perth
Goodlyburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 90.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Goodlyburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Goodlyburn 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.
Goodlyburn Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 212 pupils, an average class size of 19.3 and 12.3 pupils per teacher.
63% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 14% speak English as an additional language.
34% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.6% in 2024/25, and 34.1% 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 70% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Goodlyburn Primary School are Letham Primary School (0.4 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Tulloch Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Ninian's Episcopal Primary School (0.6 miles).
Letham Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolTulloch Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Episcopal Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fairfield (opposite), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Goodlyburn Primary School are Perth Grammar School (0.6 miles), St John's RC Academy (0.8 miles), Perth High School (0.9 miles) and Perth Academy (1 mile).
Perth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC AcademyPerth High SchoolPerth Academy
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 Goodlyburn Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Goodlyburn Primary School
What is the catchment area for Goodlyburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Goodlyburn 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Goodlyburn Primary School?
If you live in Goodlyburn Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Goodlyburn 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Goodlyburn Primary School?
Goodlyburn Primary School is at Crieff Road, Perth, Perth, PH1 2NT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)