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Goodlyburn Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational212 pupilsPerthPerth & Kinross
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 registered for free school meals63%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support57%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size19.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas34%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll212Census September 2025

Goodlyburn Primary School is a council school in Perth for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 212 pupils. About 63 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Crieff Road, Perth, Perth, PH1 2NT01738 454230goodlyburnps.schoolwebsite.scotAll 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 Goodlyburn Primary School.

Getting a place

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 Perth & Kinross council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll212Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals63%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support57%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English14%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic13%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas34%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (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.
26P1
27P2
27P3
26P4
35P5
36P6
35P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 24824820222023: 23823820232024: 22122120242025: 21921920252026: 2122122026
Since 2022: -36
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll212219221238248
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals63.4%45.2%38.5%38.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)56.6%50.2%47.5%50.8%47.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language14.2%11.4%8.1%8.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.313.013.112.113.513.415.0
Average class sizeAverage class size19.319.920.119.820.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size19.3Scotland 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
Letham Primary SchoolCouncil610 m227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolCouncil820 m182HMIE, no open dataCompare
Tulloch Primary SchoolCouncil940 m326HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's Episcopal Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles68HMIE, no open dataCompare
Riverside Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles320HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's RC AcademyCouncil0.8 miles1,066HMIE, no open dataCompare
Oakbank Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles382HMIE, no open dataCompare
Viewlands Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles316HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Goodlyburn Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Goodlyburn Primary School have?

212 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
Crieff Road, Perth, Perth, PH1 2NT
Telephone
01738 454230
Website
www.goodlyburnps.schoolwebsite.scot
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
Perth & Kinross
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5346924
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from