Warddykes Primary School, Arbroath
Warddykes Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Arbroath.
- Attendance
- 91.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Warddykes Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Warddykes 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.
Warddykes Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 277 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 15.3 pupils per teacher.
67% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.
41% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.9% in 2024/25, and 30.9% 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 87% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Warddykes Primary School are Hayshead Primary School (0.7 miles), St Thomas' RC Primary School (0.7 miles), Inverbrothock Primary School (0.8 miles) and Ladyloan Primary School (1 mile).
Hayshead Primary SchoolSt Thomas' RC Primary SchoolInverbrothock Primary SchoolLadyloan Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Arbroath Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brechin Place (opposite), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Warddykes Primary School are Arbroath Academy (0.5 miles) and Arbroath High School (1 mile).
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 Warddykes Primary School in August 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Keep up with Warddykes Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Warddykes Primary School
Questions parents ask about Warddykes Primary School
When was Warddykes Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Warddykes Primary School in August 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Warddykes Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Warddykes 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 Warddykes Primary School?
If you live in Warddykes 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 Warddykes Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 Warddykes Primary School?
Warddykes Primary School is at Warddykes Avenue, Arbroath, Arbroath, DD11 4AN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)