Invergowrie Primary School, Invergowrie
Invergowrie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Invergowrie.
- Attendance
- 95.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Invergowrie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Invergowrie 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.
Invergowrie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 162 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
7% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.2% in 2024/25, and 11% 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 good (A); the school was 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Invergowrie Primary School are Tayview Primary School (1.1 miles), St Ninian's RC Primary School (1.2 miles), St Clement's RC Primary School (1.5 miles) and Camperdown Primary School (1.5 miles).
Tayview Primary SchoolSt Ninian's RC Primary SchoolSt Clement's RC Primary SchoolCamperdown Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Invergowrie Rail Station, about 450 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 110 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 Invergowrie Primary School in May 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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 Invergowrie Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 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 Invergowrie Primary School
When was Invergowrie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Invergowrie Primary School in May 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; 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 Invergowrie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Invergowrie 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 Invergowrie Primary School?
If you live in Invergowrie 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 Invergowrie 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, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Invergowrie Primary School?
Invergowrie Primary School is at 14 Errol Road, Invergowrie, Invergowrie, DD2 5AD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)