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Glamis Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational54 pupilsBy ForfarAngus
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll54Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Glamis Primary School is a council school in By Forfar for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 54 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Dundee Road, Glamis, BY FORFAR, By Forfar, DD8 1RJ01307 494256angus.gov.uk/directories/primary_schools/glamis_primary_schoolAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Glamis Primary School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Angus council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 59 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Angus council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll54Census September 2025
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
6P1
9P2
5P3
6P4
7P5
8P6
13P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 727220222023: 646420232024: 626220242025: 676720252026: 54542026
Since 2022: -18
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll5467626472
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)10.4%0.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.817.214.116.418.517.916.1
Average class sizeAverage class size18.022.320.721.324.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.0Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Eassie Primary SchoolCouncil3.2 miles26HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southmuir Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles159HMIE, no open dataCompare
Inverarity Primary SchoolCouncil4.4 miles32HMIE, no open dataCompare
Airlie Primary SchoolCouncil4.7 miles43HMIE, no open dataCompare
Langlands Primary SchoolCouncil4.8 miles388HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Glamis Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Glamis Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Glamis Primary School have?

54 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Dundee Road, Glamis, BY FORFAR, By Forfar, DD8 1RJ
Telephone
01307 494256
Website
www.angus.gov.uk/directories/primary_schools/glamis_primary_school
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Angus
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5303729
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from