Inverarity Primary School, BY FORFAR
Inverarity Primary School is a primary school for pupils in By Forfar.
- Attendance
- 96.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Inverarity Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Inverarity 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.
Inverarity Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 32 pupils, an average class size of 16 and 11.9 pupils per teacher.
28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.1% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 43% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Inverarity Primary School are Langlands Primary School (3.6 miles), Strathmore Primary School (3.6 miles), Whitehills Primary School (4.3 miles) and Tealing Primary School (4.6 miles).
Langlands Primary SchoolStrathmore Primary SchoolWhitehills Primary SchoolTealing Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Inverarity Primary School.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Church Hall (at), 150 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Inverarity Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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 Inverarity Primary School
What is the catchment area for Inverarity Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Inverarity 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Inverarity Primary School?
If you live in Inverarity Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Inverarity 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Inverarity Primary School?
Inverarity Primary School is at Gateside Road, Inverarity, BY FORFAR, BY FORFAR, DD8 2JN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)