Whitehills Primary School, Forfar
Whitehills Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Forfar.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Whitehills Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Whitehills 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.
Whitehills Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 345 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 16.7 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 17% 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 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Whitehills Primary School are Strathmore Primary School (0.8 miles), Langlands Primary School (1 mile), Inverarity Primary School (4.3 miles) and Tannadice Primary School (4.3 miles).
Strathmore Primary SchoolLanglands Primary SchoolInverarity Primary SchoolTannadice Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Whitehills Primary School.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Isla Place (at), 130 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 Whitehills Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 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 Whitehills Primary School
What is the catchment area for Whitehills Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Whitehills 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 Whitehills Primary School?
If you live in Whitehills 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 Whitehills Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Whitehills Primary School?
Whitehills Primary School is at Fyfe Street, Forfar, Forfar, DD8 3EQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)