Southmuir Primary School, Kirriemuir
Southmuir Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirriemuir.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Southmuir Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Southmuir 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.
Southmuir Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 159 pupils, an average class size of 17.7 and 12 pupils per teacher.
56% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
40% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 23% 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 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Southmuir Primary School are Northmuir Primary School (0.7 miles), Cortachy Primary School (3.8 miles), Glamis Primary School (4.4 miles) and Airlie Primary School (4.7 miles).
Northmuir Primary SchoolCortachy Primary SchoolGlamis Primary SchoolAirlie Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Southmuir Primary School.
23 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 30 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 Southmuir Primary School in August 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Southmuir Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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 Southmuir Primary School
When was Southmuir Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Southmuir Primary School in August 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Southmuir Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Southmuir 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Southmuir Primary School?
If you live in Southmuir Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Southmuir Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Southmuir Primary School?
Southmuir Primary School is at Prosen Road, Kirriemuir, Kirriemuir, DD8 5AT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)