Ladyloan Primary School, Arbroath
Ladyloan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Arbroath.
- Attendance
- 90.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ladyloan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Ladyloan 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.
Ladyloan Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 241 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 10.2 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
44% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 33.1% 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 good (A); the school was 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ladyloan Primary School are St Thomas' RC Primary School (0.7 miles), Hayshead Primary School (0.7 miles), Timmergreens Primary School (0.8 miles) and Warddykes Primary School (1 mile).
St Thomas' RC Primary SchoolHayshead Primary SchoolTimmergreens Primary SchoolWarddykes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Arbroath Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ladyloan School (opposite), 50 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ladyloan Primary School are Arbroath High School (0.7 miles) and Arbroath Academy (1.1 miles).
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 Ladyloan Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 4 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 Ladyloan Primary School
What is the catchment area for Ladyloan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ladyloan 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 Ladyloan Primary School?
If you live in Ladyloan 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 Ladyloan Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 4 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 Ladyloan Primary School?
Ladyloan Primary School is at Millgate Loan, Arbroath, Arbroath, DD11 1LX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)