Guildtown Primary School, BY PERTH
Guildtown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in By Perth.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Guildtown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Guildtown 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.
Guildtown Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 43 pupils, an average class size of 21.5 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 30% 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 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Guildtown Primary School are Stanley Primary School (1.7 miles), Balbeggie Primary School (2.7 miles), Luncarty Primary School (2.7 miles) and Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School (3.3 miles).
Stanley Primary SchoolBalbeggie Primary SchoolLuncarty Primary SchoolRobert Douglas Memorial Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Guildtown Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Road (opposite), 120 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 Guildtown Primary School in May 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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 Guildtown Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Guildtown Primary School
When was Guildtown Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Guildtown Primary School in May 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Guildtown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Guildtown 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 Guildtown Primary School?
If you live in Guildtown 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 Guildtown Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Guildtown Primary School?
Guildtown Primary School is at School Road, Guildtown, BY PERTH, BY PERTH, PH2 6BX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)