Tayview Primary School, DUNDEE
Tayview Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tayview Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tayview 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 441 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
41% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 26.9% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tayview Primary School are St Ninian's RC Primary School (0.1 miles), St Clement's RC Primary School (0.6 miles), Camperdown Primary School (0.6 miles) and Invergowrie Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Ninian's RC Primary SchoolSt Clement's RC Primary SchoolCamperdown Primary SchoolInvergowrie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Invergowrie Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Orrin Place (near), 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Tayview Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Tayview Primary School
What is the catchment area for Tayview Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tayview 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 Dundee City. Dundee City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Tayview Primary School?
If you live in Tayview Primary 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 Tayview Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Tayview Primary School?
Tayview Primary School is at Tayview Primary School, 180 Dickson Avenue, DUNDEE, DUNDEE, DD2 4GE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)