Tannadice Primary School, FORFAR
Tannadice Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Forfar.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tannadice Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tannadice 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.
Tannadice Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 70 pupils, an average class size of 23.3 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95% in 2024/25, and 13.2% 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 26% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tannadice Primary School are Aberlemno Primary School (3.2 miles) and Whitehills Primary School (4.3 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tannadice Primary School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manse Lane (at), 20 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 Tannadice Primary School in June 2026.
- 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
Keep up with Tannadice Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Tannadice Primary School
When was Tannadice Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tannadice Primary School in June 2026. 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 Tannadice Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tannadice 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 Tannadice Primary School?
If you live in Tannadice 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 Tannadice Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Tannadice Primary School?
Tannadice Primary School is at Southesk Road, Tannadice, FORFAR, FORFAR, DD8 3SH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)