Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School, PERTH
Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 93.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Robert Douglas Memorial 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.
Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 361 pupils, an average class size of 19 and 14.2 pupils per teacher.
25% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.6% in 2024/25, and 18.6% 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 78% full.
Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
The school day runs from 8:50am to 3:10pm.
Wraparound care (school website)The school day (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School are Kinnoull Primary School (2 miles), Riverside Primary School (2 miles), St Ninian's Episcopal Primary School (2.1 miles) and Tulloch Primary School (2.4 miles).
Kinnoull Primary SchoolRiverside Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Episcopal Primary SchoolTulloch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is RDM School East (at), 80 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School are St John's RC Academy (1.6 miles) and Perth Grammar School (1.8 miles).
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 Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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.
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Questions parents ask about Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School
What is the catchment area for Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Robert Douglas Memorial 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 Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School?
If you live in Robert Douglas Memorial 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 Robert Douglas Memorial 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, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School?
Robert Douglas Memorial Primary School is at Spoutwells Road, Scone, PERTH, PERTH, PH2 6RS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)