Moncreiffe Primary School, Perth
Moncreiffe Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Moncreiffe Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Moncreiffe 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.
Moncreiffe Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 146 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95% in 2024/25, and 13% 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 61% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Moncreiffe Primary School are Inch View Primary and Nursery School (0.5 miles), Craigie Primary School (0.6 miles), Viewlands Primary School (1 mile) and Kinnoull Primary School (1.3 miles).
Inch View Primary and Nursery SchoolCraigie Primary SchoolViewlands Primary SchoolKinnoull Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glentilt Terrace (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Moncreiffe Primary School are Perth Academy (1 mile) and Perth High School (1.4 miles).
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 Moncreiffe Primary School in January 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Moncreiffe Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Moncreiffe Primary School
Questions parents ask about Moncreiffe Primary School
When was Moncreiffe Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Moncreiffe Primary School in January 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Moncreiffe Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Moncreiffe 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 Moncreiffe Primary School?
If you live in Moncreiffe 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 Moncreiffe 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: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Moncreiffe Primary School?
Moncreiffe Primary School is at Gleneagles Road, Perth, Perth, PH2 0AW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)