Letham Primary School, Perth
Letham Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 90.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Letham Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Letham 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.
Letham Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 227 pupils, an average class size of 22.7 and 11.6 pupils per teacher.
69% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 76% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
33% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 32% 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 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Letham Primary School are Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.1 miles), Goodlyburn Primary School (0.4 miles), Tulloch Primary School (0.7 miles) and Oakbank Primary School (0.8 miles).
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolGoodlyburn Primary SchoolTulloch Primary SchoolOakbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Letham Primary School are Perth High School (0.8 miles), Perth Academy (1 mile), Perth Grammar School (1 mile) and St John's RC Academy (1.2 miles).
Perth High SchoolPerth AcademyPerth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC Academy
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 Letham Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 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 Letham Primary School
What is the catchment area for Letham Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Letham 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 Letham Primary School?
If you live in Letham 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 Letham Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Letham Primary School?
Letham Primary School is at Struan Road, Perth, Perth, PH1 2NL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)