Meigle Primary School, PERTHSHIRE
Meigle Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perthshire.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Meigle Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Meigle 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 30 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 10 pupils per teacher.
37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 18.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 42% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Meigle Primary School are Newtyle Primary School (2.1 miles), Eassie Primary School (2.8 miles), Alyth Primary School (3.8 miles) and Airlie Primary School (4 miles).
Newtyle Primary SchoolEassie Primary SchoolAlyth Primary SchoolAirlie Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Meigle Primary School.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Belmont Place (opposite), 50 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 Meigle Primary School in March 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Meigle Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Meigle Primary School
When was Meigle Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Meigle Primary School in March 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Meigle Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Meigle 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 Meigle Primary School?
If you live in Meigle 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 Meigle Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Meigle Primary School?
Meigle Primary School is at Dundee Road, Meigle, PERTHSHIRE, PERTHSHIRE, PH12 8SD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)