Tulloch Primary School, Perth
Tulloch Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 92.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tulloch Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tulloch 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.
Tulloch Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 326 pupils, an average class size of 20.4 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
47% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.3% in 2024/25, and 24.3% 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 75% full.
Tulloch Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Our nursery provides meaningful play experiences for children aged 2-5. Our environment is open plan with free flow access to the garden throughout the day. Children have the opportunity to choose where and how they would like to learn. Staff work together to ensure all children are given a Roaring Start in their learning and development."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, badminton and Lego.
The school runs a breakfast club, from £2 per morning.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tulloch Primary School are Riverside Primary School (0.3 miles), Goodlyburn Primary School (0.6 miles), Letham Primary School (0.7 miles) and Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.7 miles).
Riverside Primary SchoolGoodlyburn Primary SchoolLetham Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 160 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Tulloch Primary School are Perth Grammar School (0.7 miles), St John's RC Academy (0.9 miles), Bertha Park High School (1.1 miles) and Perth High School (1.4 miles).
Perth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC AcademyBertha Park High SchoolPerth High School
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 Tulloch Primary School in September 2025.
- 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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 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 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 Tulloch Primary School
When was Tulloch Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tulloch Primary School in September 2025. 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 Tulloch Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tulloch 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Tulloch Primary School?
If you live in Tulloch Primary School'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 Tulloch Primary School?
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, 0 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Tulloch Primary School?
Tulloch Primary School is at Gillespie Place, Perth, Perth, PH1 2QX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)