Tayport Primary School, Tayport
Tayport Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Tayport.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tayport Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tayport 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 211 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 17% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tayport Primary School are Forthill Primary School (2 miles), Claypotts Castle Primary School (2.2 miles), Craigiebarns Primary School (2.3 miles) and Newport Primary School (2.3 miles).
Forthill Primary SchoolClaypotts Castle Primary SchoolCraigiebarns Primary SchoolNewport Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Broughty Ferry Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parish Church (adjacent), 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Tayport Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Fife is 2 (the median across 160 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 Tayport Primary School
What is the catchment area for Tayport Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tayport 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 Fife. Fife publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Tayport Primary School?
If you live in Tayport Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Fife will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Fife - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Tayport 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Tayport Primary School?
Tayport Primary School is at Queen Street, Tayport, Tayport, DD6 9NS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)