St Madoes Primary School, GLENCARSE
St Madoes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glencarse.
- Attendance
- 95.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Madoes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Madoes 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.
St Madoes Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 100 pupils, an average class size of 20 and 14.5 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 67% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.9% in 2024/25, and 10.3% 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 67% full.
St Madoes Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Madoes Primary School are Abernethy Primary School (2.9 miles), Newburgh Primary School (3.1 miles), Errol Primary School (3.8 miles) and Dunbarney Primary School (4.4 miles).
Abernethy Primary SchoolNewburgh Primary SchoolErrol Primary SchoolDunbarney Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Madoes Primary School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community Centre (opposite), 70 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Madoes Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Madoes 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
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 St Madoes Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Madoes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Madoes 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 St Madoes Primary School?
If you live in St Madoes 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 St Madoes 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 St Madoes Primary School?
St Madoes Primary School is at Sidlaw Terrace, St Madoes, GLENCARSE, GLENCARSE, PH2 7NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)