Oakbank Primary School, Perth
Oakbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Oakbank Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Oakbank 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.
Oakbank Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 382 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 17.5 pupils per teacher.
34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 74% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 10.1% 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 88% full.
Oakbank Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Oakbank Primary School are Viewlands Primary School (0.3 miles), Letham Primary School (0.8 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.9 miles) and Goodlyburn Primary School (0.9 miles).
Viewlands Primary SchoolLetham Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolGoodlyburn Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Muirend Avenue (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Oakbank Primary School are Perth High School (0.1 miles), Perth Academy (0.3 miles), Perth Grammar School (1.4 miles) and St John's RC Academy (1.6 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 Oakbank Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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.
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 Oakbank Primary School
What is the catchment area for Oakbank Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Oakbank 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 Oakbank Primary School?
If you live in Oakbank 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 Oakbank 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. 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 Oakbank Primary School?
Oakbank Primary School is at Viewlands Road West, Perth, Perth, PH1 1NA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)