Longforgan Primary School, Longforgan
Longforgan Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Longforgan.
- Attendance
- 96%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Longforgan Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Longforgan 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.
Longforgan Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 83 pupils, an average class size of 20.8 and 15.7 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 96% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 55% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Longforgan Primary School are Inchture Primary School (2.1 miles), Invergowrie Primary School (2.2 miles), Liff Primary School (2.6 miles) and Tayview Primary School (3.2 miles).
Inchture Primary SchoolInvergowrie Primary SchoolLiff Primary SchoolTayview Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Invergowrie Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hotel (at), 20 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 Longforgan Primary School in September 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Longforgan 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.
1 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 Longforgan Primary School
When was Longforgan Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Longforgan Primary School in September 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Longforgan Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Longforgan 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 Longforgan Primary School?
If you live in Longforgan 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 Longforgan 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. 1 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 Longforgan Primary School?
Longforgan Primary School is at 66 Main Street, Longforgan, Longforgan, DD2 5EU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)