Victoria Park Primary School, Dundee
Victoria Park Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dundee.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Victoria Park Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Victoria Park 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 210 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 16.2 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
25% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 22.5% 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 87% full.
Victoria Park Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Victoria Park opened in a new building in October 2012. It is one of the schools on Dundee's first shared campus, sharing the site with St. Joseph's R.C. Primary School and Balgay Hill Nursery School."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Victoria Park Primary School are St Joseph's RC Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Blackness Primary School (0.4 miles), Ancrum Road Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Mary's RC Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolBlackness Primary SchoolAncrum Road Primary SchoolSt Mary's RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Logie Avenue (near), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Victoria Park Primary School are Harris Academy (0.6 miles) and St John's RC High School (0.9 miles).
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 Victoria Park Primary School in February 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Victoria Park Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Victoria Park Primary School
Questions parents ask about Victoria Park Primary School
When was Victoria Park Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Victoria Park Primary School in February 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Victoria Park Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Victoria Park 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 Victoria Park Primary School?
If you live in Victoria Park 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 Victoria Park Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 10 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 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 Victoria Park Primary School?
Victoria Park Primary School is at 1 Glenagnes Road, Dundee, Dundee, DD2 2AB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)