St Peter & Paul RC School, Dundee
St Peter & Paul RC School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Peter & Paul RC School in detail
School in Scotland
St Peter & Paul RC 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 355 pupils, an average class size of 27.3 and 19.3 pupils per teacher.
27% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
69% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 32.8% 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 104% full.
St Peter & Paul RC School in its own words
In its own words: "To find out more information about the school, please click on the link below to our sway book."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, dance, drama, coding, Lego, STEM and art.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter & Paul RC School are Dens Road Primary School (0.4 miles), Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Rosebank Primary School (0.5 miles) and Clepington Primary School (0.8 miles).
Dens Road Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary SchoolRosebank Primary SchoolClepington Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fraser Street (opposite), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Peter & Paul RC School are St John's RC High School (0.6 miles), St Paul's RC Academy (1 mile), Morgan Academy (1 mile) and Baldragon Academy (1.6 miles).
St John's RC High SchoolSt Paul's RC AcademyMorgan AcademyBaldragon Academy
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 St Peter & Paul RC School in September 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 17
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 10 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
2 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 St Peter & Paul RC School
When was St Peter & Paul RC School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Peter & Paul RC School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Peter & Paul RC School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Peter & Paul RC 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 St Peter & Paul RC School?
If you live in St Peter & Paul RC 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 St Peter & Paul RC School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 10 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 2 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 St Peter & Paul RC School?
St Peter & Paul RC School is at Byron Street, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 6QN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)