Pitcairn Primary School, PERTH
Pitcairn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pitcairn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pitcairn 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 128 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 15.9% 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 102% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pitcairn Primary School are Ruthvenfield Primary School (1.1 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (2.1 miles), Tulloch Primary School (2.2 miles) and Letham Primary School (2.2 miles).
Ruthvenfield Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolTulloch Primary SchoolLetham Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Pitcairn Primary School.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bridgeton Store (at), 40 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 Pitcairn Primary School in September 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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 Pitcairn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Pitcairn Primary School
Questions parents ask about Pitcairn Primary School
When was Pitcairn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pitcairn Primary School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Pitcairn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pitcairn 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 Pitcairn Primary School?
If you live in Pitcairn 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 Pitcairn Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none 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 Pitcairn Primary School?
Pitcairn Primary School is at Bridgeton Brae, Almondbank, PERTH, PERTH, PH1 3LJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)