Our Lady's RC Primary School, Dundee
Our Lady's RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 95.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Our Lady's RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Our Lady's RC 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 241 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
33% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 41% speak English as an additional language.
54% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 5% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.4% in 2024/25, and 11.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 98% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady's RC Primary School are Rosebank Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Dens Road Primary School (0.3 miles), St Peter & Paul RC School (0.5 miles) and Clepington Primary School (0.5 miles).
Rosebank Primary SchoolDens Road Primary SchoolSt Peter & Paul RC SchoolClepington Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is James Street (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady's RC Primary School are Morgan Academy (0.8 miles), St John's RC High School (1.1 miles), St Paul's RC Academy (1.3 miles) and Harris Academy (1.7 miles).
Morgan AcademySt John's RC High SchoolSt Paul's RC AcademyHarris 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 Our Lady's RC Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 28
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 21 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot.
8 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 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 Our Lady's RC Primary School
What is the catchment area for Our Lady's RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Our Lady's RC 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 Dundee City. Dundee City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Our Lady's RC Primary School?
If you live in Our Lady's RC Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Dundee City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dundee City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Our Lady's RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 21 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot. 8 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Our Lady's RC Primary School?
Our Lady's RC Primary School is at 15 Alexander Street, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 7DL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)