Inverkeilor Primary School, ARBROATH
Inverkeilor Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Arbroath.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Inverkeilor Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Inverkeilor 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.
Inverkeilor Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 63 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 20.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 63% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Inverkeilor Primary School are Warddykes Primary School (4.6 miles), Colliston Primary School (4.6 miles), Inverbrothock Primary School (4.7 miles) and St Thomas' RC Primary School (4.9 miles).
Warddykes Primary SchoolColliston Primary SchoolInverbrothock Primary SchoolSt Thomas' RC Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Inverkeilor Primary School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 30 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 Inverkeilor Primary School in June 2023.
- 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 Inverkeilor Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Inverkeilor Primary School
When was Inverkeilor Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Inverkeilor Primary School in June 2023. 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 Inverkeilor Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Inverkeilor 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 Inverkeilor Primary School?
If you live in Inverkeilor 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 Inverkeilor Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Inverkeilor Primary School?
Inverkeilor Primary School is at 22 Station Road, Inverkeilor, ARBROATH, ARBROATH, DD11 5RY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)