Strathmore Primary School, Forfar
Strathmore Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Forfar.
- Attendance
- 90.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Strathmore Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Strathmore 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.
Strathmore Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 247 pupils, an average class size of 20.6 and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 34% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 58% full.
Strathmore Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Strathmore we work together with our local community to get it right for all our children. We ensure that our learners are supported by the right staff at the right time in the right location within the school. We have extensive school grounds which are well maintained."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Strathmore Primary School are Langlands Primary School (0.3 miles), Whitehills Primary School (0.8 miles), Inverarity Primary School (3.6 miles) and Aberlemno Primary School (5.4 miles).
Langlands Primary SchoolWhitehills Primary SchoolInverarity Primary SchoolAberlemno Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Strathmore Primary School.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Asda (opposite), 110 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 Strathmore Primary School in November 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Latest from Strathmore Primary School
Meet the Teacher
25 Aug 2026
Meet the Coggies!
27 Mar 2026
Emotion Works Day
26 Mar 2026
P1/2 Pansy Pots!
25 Mar 2026
Once Upon a Time Reading Event
10 Nov 2025
Odd Socks Day
7 Nov 2025
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 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 Strathmore Primary School
When was Strathmore Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Strathmore Primary School in November 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Strathmore Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Strathmore 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 Strathmore Primary School?
If you live in Strathmore 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 Strathmore Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Strathmore Primary School?
Strathmore Primary School is at St James Road, Forfar, Forfar, DD8 1LE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)