Timmergreens Primary School, Arbroath
Timmergreens Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Arbroath.
- Attendance
- 95%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Timmergreens Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Timmergreens 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.
Timmergreens Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 184 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 17.5 pupils per teacher.
31% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 12% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
8% 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 11.5% 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 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Timmergreens Primary School are Muirfield Primary School (0.4 miles), Ladyloan Primary School (0.8 miles), Inverbrothock Primary School (1 mile) and Warddykes Primary School (1.2 miles).
Muirfield Primary SchoolLadyloan Primary SchoolInverbrothock Primary SchoolWarddykes Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Arbroath Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Timmergreens Primary School are Arbroath High School (0.2 miles) and Arbroath Academy (1.5 miles).
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 Timmergreens Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
3 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 Timmergreens Primary School
What is the catchment area for Timmergreens Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Timmergreens 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 Timmergreens Primary School?
If you live in Timmergreens 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 Timmergreens Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 3 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 Timmergreens Primary School?
Timmergreens Primary School is at Emislaw Drive, Arbroath, Arbroath, DD11 2HJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)