The Community School of Auchterarder, PERTHSHIRE
The Community School of Auchterarder is an all-through school for pupils in Perthshire.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
The Community School of Auchterarder in detail
School in Scotland
The Community School of Auchterarder 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.
The Community School of Auchterarder has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 508 pupils and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
6% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 33.8% 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 64% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2021/22 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
The Community School of Auchterarder in its own words
In its own words: "We are pleased to be associated with Aberuthven, Blackford, and Dunning Primaries, all of whom are part of the TCSoA schools local management group. Upon the completion of Primary 7, young people from these schools (alongside those from TCSoA Primary) join S1 at TCSoA."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gleneagles Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aytoun Hall (at), 90 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 The Community School of Auchterarder's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
The Community School of Auchterarder (TCSoA) is a small to medium-sized school with a nursery, primary and secondary department located in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The school also contains a modern leisure complex consisting of a large indoor hall and outside all-weather courts, which is also home to Auchterarder Gymnastics Club.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 The Community School of Auchterarder
What is the catchment area for The Community School of Auchterarder?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and The Community School of Auchterarder 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to The Community School of Auchterarder?
If you live in The Community School of Auchterarder's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near The Community School of Auchterarder?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Community School of Auchterarder?
The Community School of Auchterarder is at New School Lane, Auchterarder, PERTHSHIRE, PERTHSHIRE, PH3 1BL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)